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Veronika Cow shocks scientists by using a tool

Austrian researchers say they've found the first known example of tool use by cattle, courtesy of a Swiss-Brown cow named Veronika.

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Cows can use tools, scientists report

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Veronika the Cow shocks scientists by using a tool

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Cow seen using broom to scratch its own back

Video taken as part of a research study in Europe shows a cow using a broom to scratch its own back, and it's the first documented case in a scientific paper of a cow using a tool in this manner.

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Veronika Is First Cow to Be Seen Using a Multi-Purpose Tool, Something Seen Only in Apes

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Austrian cow goes viral for learning how to use broom to scratch itself

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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Clever Cow Documented Using Tools in an Astonishing Scientific First

Cows can now be counted among the animals shown to use tools deliberately – and to adapt them to different tasks. In a series of controlled experiments, a Swiss Brown cow (Bos taurus) named Veronika has demonstrated her tool-use proficiency,

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Cows May Be Much Smarter Than We Thought. New Study Shows They’re Capable of Using Tools

Veronika has officially put cows in one of biology’s most exclusive circles: the flexible tool users club. While scientists have extensively observed tool use in primates and corvids (the crow family), it turns out we may have underestimated the barnyard.