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 ...

First-ever flexible tool use seen in a cow suggests livestock are smarter than believed

In news that is sure to delight fans of a certain Gary Larson cartoon turned meme about the limitations of bovine cognition, ...
Futurism on MSNOpinion

Scientists suddenly discover that cow tools are real

This is not a drill. The post Scientists Suddenly Discover That Cow Tools Are Real appeared first on Futurism.
Boing Boing on MSN

Veronika the cow joins exclusive club of tool users

"Imagine the tools a cow would make. This idea, humorously illustrated in Gary Larson's Far Side cartoon, captures a ...
EL PAÍS English

Veronika the cow astounds science with first consistent case of tool use

Raised as a pet in southern Austria, her solution to bothersome horseflies has changed what was known about animal ...
Earth.com

Cow tool use challenges ideas about animal intelligence

For decades, the default assumption has been that cows don’t have the kind of minds that support tool use. A famous Far Side cartoon, Cow Tools, made that idea into a joke: a cow stands beside strange ...
recordonline

Hamlet of Wallkill birthplace of cartoon cow Elsie

HAMLET OF WALLKILL — Elsie's Birthplace is proudly stamped across the signs welcoming people to the hamlet that holds more than 130 years of the Borden Dairy Co.'s history. The area is known as the ...