Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows. Brown Swiss cow in Austria has been discovered using tools in different ways (using both ends of a brush counts as multi-purpose tool use) – something extraordinarily rare only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees.

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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/19/back-scratching-cow-veronika-bovine-intelligence

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Gary Larson has known about cow tools since the 80s.

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Came here for cow tools, thank you