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.

  • Grass@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    I’ve always found tool use to be a strange metric considering the number of humans I’ve seen over the years that can hardly use things that automate all the work. I would count this as a tool, but cats and dogs can communicate with sound boards and I’ve seen in person that parrots can go beyond just sound mimicry using them as well via touch screen equivalents. I suspect pigs could probably do well with this method too. I don’t have the financial means to make a study on this happen but I would like to see if any animals could teach their own children to communicate with a sound board. I’m quite certain that we have been underestimating animals for a long time.