Cameras capture B.C. sea wolf raiding crab traps in first possible 'tool use' [View all]

B.C.’s Heiltsuk First Nation could not figure out how the traps they had set near Bella Bella to catch the invasive green crabs were being damaged.

So they decided to set up cameras in 2024 to try and solve the mystery.

“Our crews came in and said that, you know, something had been pulling our crab traps and taking the bait,” William Housty, director of the Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Department in Bella Bella told Global News.

“You normally picture a human being with two hands pulling a crab trap, but we couldn’t figure out exactly what had the ability to be able to do that until we put a camera up and saw, well, there’s other intelligent beings out there that are able to do this, which is very remarkable.

https://globalnews.ca/news/11530341/cameras-capture-bc-sea-wolf-raiding-crab-traps-first-possible-tool-use/