The cartoon depicts a strangely eye-less, bipedal cow standing in front of a bench of oddly-shaped objects, with the caption “Cow tools,” and no further context. Larson probably couldn’t predict that “Cow tools” would become a cultish internet meme decades later, serving for those in the know as an endearing icon of anti-humor — with such a heavy emphasis on the “anti” part that it borders on avant-garde art. Similarly, the storied cartoonist probably never anticipated that “Cow tools” would turn out to be a real phenomenon. “Perhaps the real absurdity lies not in imagining a tool-using cow, but in assuming such a thing could never exist.”Cows itch, just like us. Scientists say it’s the first experimentally verified instance of cattle using a tool.