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@h4ckernews@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Cows Can Use Sophisticated Tools

https://nautil.us/the-far-side-had-it-all-wrong-cows-really-can-use-sophisticated-tools-1262026/

#HackerNews #Cows #Tools #AnimalIntelligence #Innovation #Nature #Science

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The “Far Side” Had It All Wrong—Cows Really Can Use Sophisticated Tools

The “Far Side” Had It All Wrong—Cows Really Can Use Sophisticated Tools: Upending Gary Larson’s premise that cows are too daft to use tools.
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@afewbugs@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Tool use discovered in cows, Gary Larson vindicated
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/19/back-scratching-cow-veronika-bovine-intelligence

#AnimalBehaviour #AnimalIntelligence

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Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows

Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
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@afewbugs@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Tool use discovered in cows, Gary Larson vindicated
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/19/back-scratching-cow-veronika-bovine-intelligence

#AnimalBehaviour #AnimalIntelligence

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Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows

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