Tool-using and tool-building are arbitrary distinctions.  Once upon a time scientists thought there was some magic deciding line between man and beast, some key element found in us and no other animal.  We now know that to be silly superstition.<p>Intelligence is a multi-spectrum gradient.  Our brains are better at calculus, but a crow&#x27;s brain can adjust for crosswind on landing better than any topgun veteran.  To say one animal is smarter or more able than another speaks only of the adopted standard and says nothing of innate intelligence.