User:Koafve/Shelling (fishing)/Casually Anonymous Peer Review

General info

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

Koafve


 * Link to draft you're reviewing
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Koafve/Shelling_(fishing)?veaction=edit&preload=Template%3ADashboard.wikiedu.org_draft_template


 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)
 * Shelling (fishing)

Evaluate the drafted changes
The lead paragraph is very informative on shelling. Although, if you do include the "This behavior has rarely been observed..." sentence, make sure you back it up, maybe by providing the limited studies done. Also it starts to go a little off topic near the end. It might be better to end at "[..] research has shown that it spreads not only via a vertical social transmission mechanism, but a non-vertical mechanism as well," and include the last sentence in another section. The lead paragraph provides al the necessary information needed to understand this topic.

The information does seem to stray off the topic of shelling a bit. I understand the tool-use in dolphins but I would not add too much on primates that only use the transmission mechanism and not the shelling behaviour itself. However, the transmission mechanism of the behaviour is a great addition that better explains how this behaviour is learned in the species. Is there any other organism that displays the shelling behaviour, like whales, or is it solely dolphins? Is there any sex differences in the use of shells? Or is it similar to sponge use in which the females carry the sponge and only pass the skill onto their daughters, but not their sons? It might be good to also add on a comparison to sponge use as a tool too.

All the sources are reliable and peer reviewed which is good. There is also properly cited information throughout the draft. Looking into shelling, there is not too much on the topic in literary articles. I imagine it is difficult finding more information to expand the Wiki article.

Overall, it's a good draft!