{
  "id": 691507,
  "title": "Dolphins Filmed Using Sea Shells as Tools in Rare Sighting off Australia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/dolphins-filmed-using-sea-shells-as-tools-in-rare-sighting-off",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-12T19:08:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sci.News",
    "slug": "sci-news",
    "url": "https://www.sci.news/biology/dolphins-shelling-hervey-bay-australia-14988.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Marine biologists have documented Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) using large sea shells to hunt for fish off the coast of Queensland, Australia -- only the second place in the world where this behavior, known as shelling, has ever been recorded. The post Dolphins Filmed Using Sea Shells as Tools in Rare Sighting off Australia appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Discover Magazine",
        "title": "Lucky Sighting Captures Dolphins Using Empty Shells to Hunt Fish, a Rarely Seen Skill",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/lucky-sighting-captures-dolphins-using-empty-shells-to-hunt-fish-a",
        "published": "2026-08-13T13:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}