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tblue37

(65,328 posts) Thu Mar 2, 2023, 01:37 PM Mar 2023

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Lemur demands that boys continue to scratch his back:

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Lemur demands that boys continue to scratch his back: (Original Post) tblue37 Mar 2023 OP

No breaks allowed! sinkingfeeling Mar 2023 #1

That right there is proof of tool-use by this critter intrepidity Mar 2023 #2

My cat insists that I use *both* hands to pet her. Ocelot II Mar 2023 #4

Amazing how all animals love to have their backs scratched. From many posts here question everything Mar 2023 #3

sinkingfeeling

(51,445 posts)

1. No breaks allowed!

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Thu Mar 2, 2023, 03:42 PM

Mar 2023

intrepidity

(7,294 posts)

2. That right there is proof of tool-use by this critter

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Thu Mar 2, 2023, 03:58 PM

Mar 2023

Doesn't get more obvious.

My dog does the same thing, except he pats my hand when I stop petting him.

Ocelot II

(115,674 posts)

4. My cat insists that I use *both* hands to pet her.

Reply to intrepidity (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 2, 2023, 06:58 PM

Mar 2023

If I am petting her with only one hand, she'll pat the idle hand until that one is also petting her. That's tool use, and I am the tool.

question everything

(47,470 posts)

3. Amazing how all animals love to have their backs scratched. From many posts here

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Thu Mar 2, 2023, 06:37 PM

Mar 2023

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