As Gary Larson predicted in the below 1982 scene from The Far Side, bovine life has now developed the ability to use tools.
Scientific American reports that Veronika, a cow in the town of Nötsch im Gailtal, Austria, has begun using a deck brush to scratch herself. She even adjusts her grip on the brush to scratch different parts of her body and both ends of it for distinct purposes. Veterinary behaviorists report this is the first known tool use by bovine life.
It begins with scratching sticks. It ends with nuclear weapons.
I say that we strike first while we still can.
-via @gdholtby