Fluff piece? Who you callin a fluff piece?!
We’ve all heard expressions “elephants never forget,” and “dogs are a man’s best friend,” but what about horses? Turns out that they may be a combination of both!
“Equid social relationships are long-lasting and, in some cases, livelong,” say ethologists from the University of Rennes in northern France. Horses involved in the testing reacted kindly to friendly trainers after being separated from them for up to eight months at a time. They also showed disinterest and were unruly with stricter trainers after being separated after similar stretches of times.
They also discovered that horses recognize and memorize human words, and, in fact, have better hearing than dogs!
So what’d we learn here today, class?
- Be nice to you’re horsey.
- Don’t talk junk next to you’re horsey.
- You’re horsey is always watching, remembering.
Check out the Discovery article that inspired this post!
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