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@arstechnica@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow
Veronika uses sticks to scratch herself, suggesting scientists have underestimated cow cognition
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/meet-veronika-the-tool-using-cow/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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Ars Technica

Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow

Veronika uses sticks to scratch herself, suggesting scientists have underestimated cow cognition...
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René
René
@rene_dev@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@arstechnica don't give her a keyboard or devs will fear their job to be taken by her. We devs are fragile these days 😆
#govegan btw.

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coderradiomascot
coderradiomascot
@coderradiomascot@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

so, does it make you smarter to drink milk from Veronika ?

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ideogram
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@ideogram@social.coop replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@arstechnica
She's a pet, and quietly demonstrating a level of intelligence previously unrecognised, yet is called "livestock". Tell me the article was written by a carnist without mentioning meat consumption in the article.

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megan r sison a de castro
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@megadec@aus.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@arstechnica @Dio9sys @left_adjoint smdh when they find out what we've always known

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hnapel
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@hnapel@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@arstechnica

I'm already getting tired of this cow, everybody is talking about the cow, not the elephant in the room but the cow with a broomstick. It's MLK day, it's Blue Monday and we are marveling at a cow. What a week huh?

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Anthropy
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@anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/115922605916049706

@arstechnica what surprises me is that this hasn't been picked up before.

If I go search for 'cow using stick' I can find at least two other videos other videos

one on reddit from 2024: https://www.reddit.com/r/Cows/comments/1bj08z4/he_likes_to_itch_his_tummy_with_sticks/

and one from 6 years ago of a bull using a stick to scratch 'an itch' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfY4rpwAQfQ

bit blunt to say perhaps, but the biggest discovery to me is that humans are capable of recognizing and acknowledging intelligence in anything other than themselves 😅

#CowTools #Cows #science

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Lionso
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@lionso@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@hoshii Moo for me

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@ilust606@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@arstechnica She would be a better US president than Trump.

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errorbody
@errorbody@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@arstechnica
@studioplantaardig
Moest meteen aan jullie afleveringen over gedrag van dieren denken. Over koeien hebben jullie natuurlijk ook al gepraat.

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ailsapage
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@ailsapage@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@arstechnica so sweet!

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Dama de gambitas
Dama de gambitas
@damadegambitas@shrimply.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@arstechnica cowgnition

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Dan 🌻
Dan 🌻
@danvolchek@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@arstechnica whoever wrote this hasn't seen cow scratchers

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adrien
adrien
@adriencater@mastodon.online replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social OMG

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ʙwɑnɑ нoɴoʟʊʟʊ :kverified:
ʙwɑnɑ нoɴoʟʊʟʊ :kverified:
@bwana@discordian.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@arstechnica #CowTools

The famous "Cow tools" cartoon from Gary Larson's The Far Side. The black-and-white line drawing depicts a cow standing behind a table of four bizarre, misshapen implements with the caption "Cow tools". In the background is a barn in a hill.
The famous "Cow tools" cartoon from Gary Larson's The Far Side. The black-and-white line drawing depicts a cow standing behind a table of four bizarre, misshapen implements with the caption "Cow tools". In the background is a barn in a hill.
The famous "Cow tools" cartoon from Gary Larson's The Far Side. The black-and-white line drawing depicts a cow standing behind a table of four bizarre, misshapen implements with the caption "Cow tools". In the background is a barn in a hill.
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Em & future cats 🇺🇦🐈🏳️‍🌈
Em & future cats 🇺🇦🐈🏳️‍🌈
@em_and_future_cats@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@arstechnica Having grown up with animals and many cows… I can attest to this failings in human cognition 😹

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@beeoproblem@mastodon.gamedev.place replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@arstechnica cowgnition

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