Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
by Ian Sample Science editor from Science | The Guardian on (#72YJH)
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in different ways - something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
Scientists have been forced to rethink the intelligence of cattle after an Austrian cow named Veronika displayed an impressive - and until now undocumented - knack for tool use.
Witgar Wiegele, an organic farmer and baker from a small town in Carinthia near the Italian border, keeps Veronika as a pet and noticed that she occasionally played with sticks and used them to scratch her body.
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