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‘Veronika’ Is the First Cow Known to Use a Tool

Justice for Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson: A team of scientists has observed, for the first time, a cow using a tool in a flexible manner.

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Cows use tools too

Veronika the Cow shocks scientists by using a tool

Veronika the cow has a scratching broom, and she knows how to use it

The second Antonio Osuna-Mascaró and Alice Auersperg saw a video of Veronika the cow scratching her backside with a branch, they knew they had to drop everything to go meet her.

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Cow surprises scientists by using brush to scratch her back

Watch Veronika the brown cow pick up a rake to scratch herself—a scientific first

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Do Cows Use Tools? This One Does.

A pet cow named Veronika can scratch her own back with a broom — the first scientifically documented case of tool use in cows, researchers say.

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A tool-using cow is challenging what we know about farm animal intelligence

A pet cow named Veronika uses a tool in a surprisingly sophisticated way—possibly because she has been allowed to live her best life

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Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows

Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in different ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees