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“This Was Not Accidental”: Scientists Unravel Video Supposedly Showing a Pet Cow Using Tools (thedebrief.org)

submitted 23 hours ago by artifex@piefed.social to c/science@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] artifex@piefed.social 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah the title is clickbaity for sure.

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

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.social 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 hours ago

yeah i was fully expecting to have to comment something like "lmao what the fuck are they on about, how would you fake that video? the cow is very very obviously using a tool, come on"