Briefing Chat: The canny cow  that can use tools, and how  babies share their microbiomes
Briefing Chat: The canny cow that can use tools, and how babies share their microbiomes  
Podcast: Nature Podcast
Published On: Fri Jan 23 2026
Description: In this episode:00:24 How babies share their gut microbesNature: Sending babies to nursery completely reshapes their microbiome05:25 First evidence of tool use in cattleScience: No bull: This Austrian cow has learned to use toolsSubscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.