I saw a cow that had been raised as a pet and got too big and was donated to the large animal research farm at the university nearby. I swear that cow made eye contact with me and nailed me with it. She radiated, “help! Get me out of here!” and I felt terrible explaining to her that that was not one of my available options.
“But sadly, she hasn’t been provided with a back-scratching butler, and as an outdoor cow exposed to insect bites, she has had to take matters into her own hands, I mean, hooves.“
I had seen this story on the interwebs and thought "silly humans, you aren't paying enough attention to the domesticated animals". I'm sure this cow is not the first to use a tool. I've seen plenty of videos of cows, horses, cats, dogs and other animals using things for scratching purposes. The fact is that there are humans who don't know how to use tools properly while the animals are excelling at that task. Thanks, Martini, for giving us something to think about.
I must have read about Veronika 4 times. Nice to have someone document how smart our animal friends are. Now if we would just stop raising them for food.
As always Martini, thanks for putting this together for us.
😂We arrogant humans are forever underestimating our fellow creatures.
Takes a lickin….
I saw a cow that had been raised as a pet and got too big and was donated to the large animal research farm at the university nearby. I swear that cow made eye contact with me and nailed me with it. She radiated, “help! Get me out of here!” and I felt terrible explaining to her that that was not one of my available options.
Brilliant!! One of my favorite Gary Larson cow comics is "Car!".
And we thought it was just us primates lol!
“But sadly, she hasn’t been provided with a back-scratching butler, and as an outdoor cow exposed to insect bites, she has had to take matters into her own hands, I mean, hooves.“
You mean “tongue”.😎
I had seen this story on the interwebs and thought "silly humans, you aren't paying enough attention to the domesticated animals". I'm sure this cow is not the first to use a tool. I've seen plenty of videos of cows, horses, cats, dogs and other animals using things for scratching purposes. The fact is that there are humans who don't know how to use tools properly while the animals are excelling at that task. Thanks, Martini, for giving us something to think about.
I must have read about Veronika 4 times. Nice to have someone document how smart our animal friends are. Now if we would just stop raising them for food.
As always Martini, thanks for putting this together for us.
I LUFF VERONIKA!!! ❤🐮❤🐮❤🐮