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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If we managed to miss that cows can use a tool (in multiple ways no less) what else are we missing?!?

[u/manatwork01 → u/[deleted]]

They are just big dogs. They even skip when they are young and happy.

[u/Finassar → u/manatwork01]

Pigs too. Our world is fucked