Tools That Scientists Use

Veronika the cow uses broom as 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 use tools too

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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.

Scientific American

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

ZME Science

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.