Scientists investigating video of a cow using tools say their findings could expand the list of animals capable of tool use.

Scientists investigating video of a cow using tools, and later conducting some basic psychology experiments on said cow, say their findings could expand the list of animals capable of tool use.

  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    I dunno—in this case, confirmed tool use seems more noteworthy than debunked tool use.

    Maybe the implication of a dispute just sounds more dramatic.

    • artifex@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      2·
      12 hours ago

      To me it sounded like someone was trying to manipulate the video or the findings or something. They could have gone with the much more straightforward “researchers observe signs of tool use in cow”, but they didn’t.