This tool-wielding cow just changed what we know about animal intelligence In a first-of-its-kind discovery, a Swiss brown cow in Austria was observed using sticks and a broom to scratch herself, challenging long-held assumptions about bovine intelligence and placing cows alongside primates in tool use studies *** A Swiss brown cow named Veronica has upended long‑held assumptions about bovine intelligence by demonstrating the flexible use of simple tools — a behavior rarely documented outside hu