Dotted Gallery

Paleolithic. France. Cabrerets. Pech Merle cave. The dotted

Prehistory. Paleolithic. France. Cabrerets. Pech Merle cave. The dotted horse. His head is drawn in the natural cut of the rock. On his back, a large red fish. Six black hands all around the horses. Black dots inside and outside. Red dots inside. Magdalenian era

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Orange-dotted tuskfish, Choerodon anchorago

Orange-dotted tuskfish, Choerodon anchorago, taking a small bivalve (shell) in the mouth. They use to breack this mollusk shells on hard corals. In this process they are using a tool; crack open shellfish, extract food that is out of reach. Tool use by animals is a phenomenon in which an animal uses any kind of tool in order to achieve a goal such as acquiring food and water, grooming, defense, recreation or construction. Originally thought to be a skill possessed only by humans, some tool use requires a sophisticated level of cognition. There is considerable discussion about the definition of what constitutes a tool and therefore which behaviours can be considered true examples of tool use. A wide range of animals, including mammals, birds, fish, cephalopods, and insects, are considered to use tools. Australia Date: 27-03-2020

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Common dotted border, western dotted border

Common dotted border butterfly, Mylothris rhodope 1, 2, western dotted border, Mylothris chloris 3, 4, diverse white or African albatross, Appias epaphia, upper side 5, under side 6. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Bohn, London, 1837. Common dotted border butterfly, Mylothris rhodope 1, 2, western dotted border, Mylothris chloris 3, 4, diverse white or African albatross, Appias epaphia, upper side 5, under side 6. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Bohn, London, 1837. Date:

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