Will this clever cow change how we view farm animals? - BBC World Service #shorts

This is Veronika and she's left scientists scratching their heads after she was seen using both ends of a stick to scratch herself. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM⁣ Scientists believe this is the first time such behaviour has been captured on video and has prompted many to rethink what cattle are capable of. So, after watching a video of the 13-year-old Swiss Brown’s behaviour researchers went to the farm in Austria where she lives to study her. "The cognitive capabilities of cows have only recently begun to attract attention. Our long history of exploiting them has led to their underestimation," says Dr Antonio J Osuna-Mascaró from Vienna's University of Veterinary Medicine. "We were not expecting cows to be able to use tools, and we were not expecting a cow to use a tool as a multipurpose tool. Until now this has only been consistently reported in chimpanzees." ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽 https://www.instagram.com/bbcworldservice Twitter 👉🏽 https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice Facebook 👉🏽 https://facebook.com/bbcworldservice BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldServic #farmanimals #cows