• @[email protected]
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    2915 hours ago
    Tap for explanation

    “The cartoon was intended to be an exercise in silliness. While I have never met a cow who could make tools, I felt sure that if I did, they (the tools) would lack something in sophistication and resemble the sorry specimens shown in this cartoon. I regret that my fondness for cows, combined with an overactive imagination, may have carried me beyond what is comprehensible to the average Far Side reader.” - Larson

    From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_tools

    It certainly confused me 😅

    • @[email protected]
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      37 hours ago

      no, gnus are highly sophisticated toolmakers, they inspired early humans to make our first tools.

    • enkers
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      616 hours ago

      In some ways, yes, but actually no. While Connochaetes (gnus) are of the Bovidae family, they are clearly not cows.

  • @Sanctus
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    1117 hours ago

    Idk these pixels look like they’re in the US House