Benjamin Beck, an authority on "tooling," offers a state-of-the art clarification of this fascinating behavior and why it's essential to know more about the nitty-gritty details.

This post is in response to Unexpected Creative Tool Use By a Wild Wolf to Catch Crabs By Marc Bekoff Ph.D. Veronika using the brush to scratch her back. Source: A. J. Osuna-Mascaró/with permission.