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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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