Horses Have Lasting Memory Of A Person Based On Emotional Expressions Shown To Them

[Judi Lynn]

27 April 2018, 10:35 pm EDT By Athena Yenko Tech Times

A recent study finds that horses remember people they first saw on a photo when they meet them simply because of the person's facial expression.

Previous studies have already found that horses can identify and read different emotions through humans' facial expressions. The recent study by the animal experts at the Universities of Sussex and Portsmouth, however, discovers that horses can remember facial expressions.

The animals respond differently to people they saw on photos when they finally meet them in person depending on whether a person is shown with an angry or happy face on the pictures. For example, someone with an angry face on the photo will be viewed as a threat by the horses when they eventually meet the said person.

The Bond Of Horses With Humans
Before arriving at this conclusion, the research team conducted an experiment wherein domestic horses were shown photographs of people. Some of the people were angry while some were happy.

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1. I believe it...

When I was a child my uncle owned a Tennessee Walking horse that won many competitions locally. My mom and my uncle swear that the horse, withdrawing his name for privacy, perked up and performed better when he could see me in the stands! I can still remember the beauty in his eyes when I saw them. Our horse remained connected to me until we, sadly, had to put him down.