Austrian researchers say they've found the first known example of tool use by cattle, courtesy of a Swiss-Brown cow named ...
This is the first recorded instance of a bovine using tools from her environment to relieve an itch—leaving scientists ...
The discovery builds on Jane Goodall’s research from the 1960s ...
A pet cow in Austria named Veronika picks up sticks with her mouth and uses them to scratch herself—which a team at ...
A pet cow named Veronika can scratch her own back with a broom — the first scientifically documented case of tool use in cows ...
A pet cow named Veronika uses a tool in a surprisingly sophisticated way—possibly because she has been allowed to live her ...
A very clever cow has learned to use sticks to scratch herself, the first time sophisticated tool use has been seen in ...
Veronika the brown cow's dexterous and graceful tool use upends long-held assumptions about the intelligence of cows, say ...
Her owner, Witgar Wiegele, is an organic farmer and baker who keeps the cow as a pet. With Wiegele’s permission, they conducted a series of randomized trials with a deck scrub broom, chosen for its ...
Learn how researchers tested a cow’s behavior and what her tool use reveals about animal intelligence.
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