LUCAS BLOOM of NEW YORK STATE used to pull out a tail father....chew the tip to make it sharp.... and then rub her back with the tip. (Example of tool use.)

MARJORIE FISH ROBINSON of CONNECTICUT and MISTY have had disagreements on where he can/cannot poop.  When he rides on her shoulder, he likes to leave a souvenir.  She says, “Don’t poop on mommy,” and he repeats “Don’t poop on mommy.”  However, when she leaves the room, he changes the negative to a positive, “Poop on mommy.”

There are no secrets in SUSAN KELLY’S house in PENNSYLVANIA.  Twenty minutes before Susan was planning to give away her couch, MAX pooped on it.  As soon as the two men arrived to take it away, Max looked at them and then at the spot.  He said, “I pooped on the couch.”

DEBBIE ACKERMAN of NEW YORK STATE was preparing a new cage for her thirteen-year-old PUNKY.  After a lot of dabbling, her husband finally installed a water bottle in the cage.   Punky entered the cage, tapped the silver sprout with his beak and drank some water.  He looked at Debbie and said, “It works.” 

MORGAN LEVINE of CALIFORNIA was watching a football game on television.  One day one of the players fumbled the ball.  Morgan said, “Use your claw!”