While this big guy might not be solid proof that cows are affectionate, the truth is that many of them are! Cows can have friendships with both other cows and humans, and they’re very loving when they ...

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Occasionally, a rock musician or band will dish out a hit with every intention of it being serious, only for it to take on some funny connotations. The following four rock songs from the genre’s past ...

Veronika’s improvised grooming device has caused great surprise – but that tells us more about humans than cows I have a farmer friend who regularly regales me with colourful stories of her cattle.

After more than forty years, a bizarre panel from “The Far Side” comic strip has finally become prophecy. The cartoon depicts a strangely eye-less, bipedal cow standing in front of a bench of ...

Justice for Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson: A team of scientists has observed, for the first time, a cow using a tool in a flexible manner. The ingenuity of “Veronika,” as the animal is called, shows ...

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Scientists are rethinking what cattle are capable of after an Austrian cow named Veronika was found to use tools with impressive skill. The discovery, reported by researchers in Vienna, suggests cows ...

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A deck brush can be a good tool for the right task. Just ask Veronika, the Brown Swiss cow. Veronika uses both ends of a deck brush to scratch various parts of her body, researchers report January 19 ...

Far Side fans might recall a classic 1982 cartoon called “Cow Tools,” featuring a cow standing next to a jumble of strange objects—the joke being that cows don’t use tools. That’s why a pet Swiss ...