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

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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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[–] cabbage@piefed.social 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I guess we're used to hearing "this was not an accident" as meaning "this was rigged", but for scientists it translates more to something like "thank god, it's a real finding and not just one of those weird things that happen every now and then".

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

That quote by itself is fine, but when they combine it with “unravel” and “supposed” it puts a different interpretation on it.

I usually equate “unravel” with “tear apart”, but maybe they meant something more like “unpack”.