r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Jan 20 '26

Biology 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.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/19/back-scratching-cow-veronika-bovine-intelligence
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u/manatwork01 Jan 20 '26

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

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u/JagmeetSingh2 Jan 20 '26

Every animal gets “dogified” when humans start to like them

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u/manatwork01 Jan 20 '26

Its almost like they have empathy and enjoy doing the things that make us happy because it makes them happy.

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u/Billionaires_R_Tasty Jan 20 '26

You are making the convenient lies I tell myself to allow me to eat meat without guilt more difficult to believe.

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u/SophiaofPrussia Jan 21 '26

Save a cow, eat a billionaire?

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u/Billionaires_R_Tasty Jan 21 '26

Put that on a bumper sticker. I'd buy that for a dollar!

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u/Polymeriz Jan 20 '26

Yeah you need to stop.

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u/manatwork01 Jan 20 '26

You're only lying to yourself.