Tuesday Textures: Meet Planet’s Smartest Cow, Veronika

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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 case of a cow working out how to scratch itself with a stick. Witgar Wiegele, an organic farmer and baker who has kept Veronika as a pet for more than ten years, said she began playing with wooden sticks with her mouth before she started to scratch herself. ‘I was naturally amazed by her extraordinary intelligence and thought how much we could learn from animals: patience, calmness, contentment and gentleness,’ he said. A paper published on January 19 in the journal Current Biology describes what scientists say is the first recorded case of tool use in a pet cow, suggesting that cattle may be more cognitively capable than previously thought. #news #science #animals #cow

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