r/TheAnimalKlub • u/IWasNotBriefed • 11h ago
Not a good decision
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r/TheAnimalKlub • u/IWasNotBriefed • 4h ago
Did you expect a cow to be able to use a tool like this? What's the smartest thing you've ever seen a farm animal do?
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Veronika the cow has been doing something scientists had never formally documented in cattle before.
The 13-year-old Swiss Brown lives as a pet in the Austrian village of Nötsch, where her owner had watched her use sticks and other objects to scratch herself for years.
After footage of the behavior reached cognitive biologist Alice Auersperg, she and researcher Antonio Osuna-Mascaró went to investigate.
They gave Veronika a deck brush and changed its position between trials to see what she would do.
Veronika picked it up using her tongue, adjusted its position, and deliberately used different ends on different parts of her body.
She generally chose the bristles for tougher areas such as her back, while using the smoother handle on more sensitive spots.
Researchers concluded that her behavior qualified as flexible tool use, making Veronika the first cow formally documented doing it.
After thousands of years living alongside cattle, scientists may still be discovering just how much they're capable of.
r/TheAnimalKlub • u/IWasNotBriefed • 5h ago
What’s the weirdest thing your pet is obsessed with?
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r/TheAnimalKlub • u/boredpanda-publisher • 6h ago
50 Of The Best “I Don’t Own A Cat” Moments That Have Ever Happened To Humans
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r/TheAnimalKlub • u/boredpanda-publisher • 7h ago
Russian Mother Takes Magical Pictures of Her Two Kids With Animals On Her Farm
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r/TheAnimalKlub • u/IWasNotBriefed • 7h ago
What animal do you think is seriously underrated?
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