Definitions
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- adjective of, from, or pertaining to
New Caledonia (either sense), its people or language. - noun A person from
New Caledonia (iether sense) or of New Caledonian descent.
Etymologies
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Examples
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There are no measures for assessing avian IQ, but the New Caledonian crow appears to be in a league of its own in performing tricks with sticks, something celebrated in a Guardian In Praise of leading article last year.
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If prolonged existence is all about the survival of the fittest, New Caledonian crows, whose home is a remote island in the South Pacific, seem set to thrive.
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Barney the New Caledonian crow appears to be a wilier bird than even the scientists used to his resourcefulness may have realised.
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LICHTMAN: Imagine you are a New Caledonian crow, which looks a lot like a regular crow, but you happen to live on the island of New Caledonia, which is pretty good.
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LICHTMAN: Imagine you are a New Caledonian crow, which looks a lot like a regular crow, but you happen to live on the island of New Caledonia, which is pretty good.
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LICHTMAN: Imagine you are a New Caledonian crow, which looks a lot like a regular crow, but you happen to live on the island of New Caledonia, which is pretty good.
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LICHTMAN: Imagine you are a New Caledonian crow, which looks a lot like a regular crow, but you happen to live on the island of New Caledonia, which is pretty good.
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“Scientists have speculated that tool use was just an adaptation of the New Caledonian crow,” he says.
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When only New Caledonian crows were known to make tools, it was thought that they evolved the ability because of ecological pressures—perhaps in order to exploit a food resource they could not otherwise access with their beaks.
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But, says Bird, what distinguishes the two studies is that New Caledonian crows use tools in the wild and rooks do not.
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