Cow Masters Broom For Hard-To-Reach Scratches, Fascinating Researchers

Veronika the Austrian cow adapts the placement of a tool depending where on her body she has an itch, and challenges assumptions about cattle smarts in the process.
Futurism

Scientists Suddenly Discover That Cow Tools Are Real

Scientists say they've observed the first ever verified case of a cow using tools, vindicating a decades-old comic strip.

Austrian researchers document first case of a cow using a tool

Researchers in Austria detailed the unusual case of the first cow to be documented using tools -- specifically, a brush she ...
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Veronika the cow astounds science with first consistent case of tool use

Raised as a pet in southern Austria, her solution to bothersome horseflies has changed what was known about animal ...
Cineuropa

Cartoon Movie unveils a line-up of 50 animated feature projects

Pan-European by design, the Bordeaux-based gathering will also open a dedicated window onto Canadian and Québecois animation ...
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New 'Cow Tools' research transforms our understanding of bovine intelligence and proves famous cartoon wrong

Gary Larson's 1982 The Far Side cartoon Cow Tools has long delighted internet jokers - with its oblique anti-humour making it ...

Meet the world's smartest COW! Brown Swiss named Veronika has worked out how to scatch her back with a stick - a sign of 'extraordinary intelligence'

Veronika, a brown Swiss cow from the Austrian village of Carinthia, shocked researchers with the first documented case of a ...

The world's smartest cow who can use tools and recognise people

Veronika, a brown Swiss cow from the Austrian village of Carinthia, shocked researchers with the first documented case of a ...