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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 5 points 6 days ago

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".