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Cows Can Use Tools. Are We Underestimating How Smart They Are?
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this post was submitted on 31 Jan 2026
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Why do they need to be smart for us to stop slaughtering them unnecessarily and at such a disgusting scale?
Don’t get me wrong: if they’re “smarter” than we previously thought that’s great! but maybe put down the hamburgers and respect them regardless of how smart they are.
At the very least, we can start by not putting them into terrible crammed conditions and not using the most brutal slaughter practices.
Doing all that doesn't actually increase the price more than 30% - but this difference makes farmers go crazy doing all sorts of disgusting things.
Besides, a price bump could reduce the meat consumption somewhat.