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This is the first documented evidence of its kind of marine mammals fashioning tools out of objects in their environment, according to the Center for Whale Research.

“What I find remarkable about this behavior is just how widespread it is in the population,” lead author Michael Weiss, of the Washington-based Center for Whale Research, said in a statement.