A Swiss Brown cow is out to prove cows are smarter than people think.

Many animals have been studied and observed to have an incredible capacity for intelligence. Some of the most commonly cited ...

A back scratching bovine has forced scientists to reassess the intelligence of cattle. Veronika, a brown Swiss cow from the Austrian village of Carinthia, shocked researchers with the first documented ...

A Swiss Brown cow has been shown to use tools flexibly and deliberately, challenging long-standing assumptions about the cognitive limits of livestock. In 1982, cartoonist Gary Larson introduced ...

A cow in Austria has made headlines for demonstrating flexible tool use, challenging assumptions about animal intelligence.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study has challenged assumptions about livestock intelligence by documenting the first known instance of a cow using tools.

A back scratching bovine has forced scientists to reassess the intelligence of cattle. Veronika, a brown Swiss cow from the Austrian village of Carinthia, shocked researchers with the first documented ...

Veronika, a pet Swiss Brown cow, uses a deck brush to scratch herself. Witgar Wiegele noticed this over 10 years ago, initiating long-term observation that led researchers to visit the farm in Notsch ...

Veronika’s improvised grooming device has caused great surprise – but that tells us more about humans than cows I have a farmer friend who regularly regales me with colourful stories of her cattle.

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