Planet of the Aves: Tool use

On the planet of the Aves, birds have evolved to dominate the Earth instead of mammals. Of the thousands of species in this world, both on the ground and in the water, the only one to develop sapience are a species of flying birds whose ancestors are the New Caledonian Crow.

As I design this species, I have wondered what their tools would look like, crows have been known to build tools such as hooks, but those are fairly basic. The premise of all human tools; axes, picks even hammers, is that the weight of them can be taken advantage of by momentum, but a crow, evolving for flight would not be able to use the human versions of these tools.

What could I expect a sapient crows equivalent to human tools to look like? What accommodations would a crows ax need to take into account? What about their picks or their hammers?

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posted over 7 years ago

Uncle Tres‭

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