Wild crows inhabiting the city use it to their advantage - David Attenbo...

birdbrained ?

Crow adapts tool to better suit his needs
Tool use in the New Caledonian Crow

An intriguing discovery as well as advances in brain science are making sure that we renew our respect for animal intelligence.

"Two bonobos living in an Iowa sanctuary have made stone tools resembling those used by our ancestors. The tools hint at untapped cognitive reserves in humanity’s close relatives, who perhaps should be seen less as great apes than early humans."
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/08/bonobo-tools/

“The weight of evidence indicates that humans are not unique in possessing the neurological substrates that generate consciousness,” the scientists wrote. “Non-human animals, including all mammals and birds, and many other creatures, including octopuses, also possess these neurological substrates.”
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/octopus-chronicles/2012/08/21/octopuses-gain-consciousness-according-to-scientists-declaration/