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Potty-trained cattle could help reduce pollution

When nature calls, these cows use bathroom stalls

a cow enters a bathroom stall

This cow is a whiz at potty training. Researchers trained this and other calves to use a bathroom stall (pictured) when they need to pee.

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By Maria Temming

You can lead a cow to a water closet, but can you make it pee there? It turns out that yes, you can.

Researchers in Germany successfully trained cows to use a small, fenced-in area with artificial turf flooring as a bathroom stall.

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