In 1982, cartoonist Gary Larson published a now-iconic "Far Side" comic titled "Cow Tools." In it, a cow stands proudly ...

Credit: Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró/Cover Images Gary Larson’s 1982 The Far Side cartoon Cow Tools has long delighted internet ...

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A pet cow in Austria started using a broom to scratch herself — the first ever documented case of bovine tool use.

Researchers report the first documented case of tool use in cattle, based on a Swiss Brown cow named Veronika who doesn’t just grab an object and rub it against herself.

For decades, the default assumption has been that cows don’t have the kind of minds that support tool use. A famous Far Side cartoon, Cow Tools, made that idea into a joke: a cow stands beside strange ...

A pet cow in Austria named Veronika picks up sticks with her mouth and uses them to scratch herself—which a team at ...

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Veronika has officially put cows in one of biology’s most exclusive circles: the flexible tool users club. While scientists ...

A clever cow called Veronika is the first ever to be recorded using tools - including a brush to scratch her back. The old ...

In one widely shared clip, a car in traffic is struck by an object tossed from another vehicle, and According to the video ...

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