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🐾 Animals
January 20, 2026 at 08:42 PM
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
Source:
Smithsonian Magazine
A pet cow named Veronika has been documented using a broom to scratch her back, providing the first scientific evidence of tool use in cattle and challenging assumptions about bovine intelligence.
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