Trap tube
Turn a safe route around the open traps.
Try this taskNew Caledonian crow Challenge
A crow has tools. Do you have a plan?
Connect a safe route, bend a hook, build a tool chain.
What you will do
These crow puzzles are about visible mechanisms. Rotate pipe pieces to connect food to the target without an open trap, bend a wire through a constrained space and use available tools to unlock the next step.
Tool Relay is a chain of actions: the final reward may require a tool you cannot reach yet. Inspect the device and its required tool, then work backwards to something already available. A useful tool can be an intermediate step rather than the final answer.
Games you can play
Shape the hook
Shape a tool that reaches the ring.
Try this taskTool relay
Push, pull, press: plan your way to the food.
Try this taskHow the animal challenge works
Three tests with five rounds each. You have one life: every round must be correct. Tests become harder automatically, from Light through Medium to Demanding. Before each test, take your time with the rules and example. Choose relaxed or sport tempo; the clock starts when you start the task.
What to watch for
- In Trap Tube, check every connection and the entrance to the target. Unused pipes do not need to match.
- For the relay, ask what unlocks the tool you need next; do not spend a tool on an unrelated device.
Before you play
Where should I start?
Open one task and read its goal and example before starting. Training lets you choose the task profile and tempo.
How many rounds are there?
Each task has five rounds. Training allows one wrong round; one-life challenges require all five to be correct.
Are my results saved?
Progress and records stay locally in this browser. There is no player account. Clearing this website’s browser data also removes the stored progress.
The idea behind the games
These are original game tasks, partly inspired by animal cognition research. The research notes link to the original papers and explain how our game ideas relate to them. Read the research notes.