Tools That Scientists Use

Veronika the cow uses broom as tool

Austrian researchers say they've found the first known example of tool use by cattle, courtesy of a Swiss-Brown cow named Veronika.

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Veronika the Cow shocks scientists by using a tool

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Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow

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A Cow Named Veronika Can Scratch Her Back With a Broom. Watch the Video That Scientists Are Calling the First Documented Evidence of Cattle Using Tools

Around ten years ago, an organic farmer and baker in a small Austrian town noticed that his pet cow would use sticks to scratch herself.

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‘Veronika’ Is the First Cow Known to Use a Tool

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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 on MSN

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.