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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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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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”.