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Sure, but most animals don't need to use tools. The reason why we emphasise that so much is because we rather fancy ourselves for our own use of tools. :) Animals do all sorts of other amazing things that we disregard in comparison to tools and in trying to observe mainly the anthropomorphisable aspects of animal life.
Oliver Schick
There are very few animals that are known to use tools from their own discovery, rather than mimicking humans. Chimpanzees are probably the best known example.
I’m not sure if that crow learned from watching humans, but even so it’s an extraordinary feat for a bird, even one as smart as a crow.