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Flexible use of a multi-purpose tool by a cow
- ChrisArchitect 9mo agoPreviously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46681153 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46681153
- hiAndrewQuinn 8mo agoSomeone get this cow Clawdbot. Cowdbot.
- ganelonhb 8mo agocow tools.
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- Meegul 8mo ago________________________________________ / "We report here our experimental \ | demonstration of flexible egocentric | | tooling in a pet cow (Bos taurus), | | Veronika, who uses a deck brush to self- | | scratch. Across randomized trials, she | | preferred the bristled end but switched | | to the stick end when targeting softer | | lower-body areas. This adaptive | | deployment of tool features reveals | | multi-purpose tool use not previously | \ reported in non-primate mammals." / ---------------------------------------- \ ^__^ \ (oo)\_______ (__)\ )\/\ ||----w | || ||
- hypertexthero 8mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_tools https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_tools
- m_w_ 8mo ago^^ A lovely gateway to the world of single panel comics, really enjoyed the Solar Sands video on the topic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4npsyTE-m_k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4npsyTE-m_k)
- elil17 8mo agoI feel that the tool lacked something in sophistication
- lacoolj 8mo agoI love you, Veronica!
- stefanka 8mo agoLove the video. And Veronika
- mikewarot 8mo agoThe Wikipedia page about tool use by non humans started me down a rabbit hole that lead to this delightful video of Stoffel the Honey Badger who clearly understands tool use.[2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool_use_by_non-humans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool_use_by_non-humans [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c36UNSoJenI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c36UNSoJenI
- mitchell_h 8mo agoI'm a small time cattle rancher and raise a few pigs per year. Also friends with many fellow ranchers. My only response to this is entirely "duh". Cows and pigs maybe dumb, but they figure things out with trial and error at an amazing rate.
- IAmBroom 8mo agoAlso, using a stick as a scratching tool is not really on the same spectrum as flint-knapping a knife, sun-baking a pinchpot, or sharpening a fire-hardened spear point. This is like those articles that claim that trees "communicate" because they exude more waste products under duress, or somesuch horseshit.
- hmartiniano 8mo agoSomeone should nominate the authors for an ig Nobel prize.