{"fact":"Although New Caledonian crows don't seem to imitate, teach, or use language, they can still transmit tool designs across generations, potentially through a mental template-matching process.","context":"At present, whether New Caledonian crow tool designs are culturally transmitted, and have evolved over time, remains contentious… Specifically, New Caledonian crows do not appear to imitate… nor do these birds teach or possess language.","source":"S. Jelbert; S. Jelbert; R. Hosking; Adrian H. Taylor; R. Gray; R. Gray; R. Gray, Mental template matching is a potential cultural transmission mechanism for New Caledonian crow tool manufacturing traditions, 10.1038/s41598-018-27405-1","index":186}