
Briefing Chat: The canny cow that can use tools, and how babies share their microbiomes
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00:24 How babies share their gut microbes
Nature: Sending babies to nursery completely reshapes their microbiome
05:25 First evidence of tool use in cattle
Science: No bull: This Austrian cow has learned to use tools
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