Tools That Scientists Use

Veronika Cow shocks scientists by using a tool

‘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 can use tools, scientists report

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Veronika the Cow shocks scientists by using a tool

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Clever bovine uses back-scratching tool forcing scientists to rethink intelligence of cows

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Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows

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A cow’s clever behavior using back-scratching tool forces scientists to rethink intelligence of animals

Cows use tools too

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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This Cow’s Multi-Purpose Tool Use Challenges Assumptions About Animal Intelligence

Learn how researchers tested a cow’s behavior and what her tool use reveals about animal intelligence.

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

Veronika, a cow living in an idyllic mountain village in the Austrian countryside, has spent years perfecting the art of scratching herself with sticks, rakes, and deck brushes. Now that scientists have discovered her, she has the distinction of the first cow known to use tools.