Horses can recognise human emotions

Horses in the news – 10.02.2016

Michael Bower and his home bred mare Honey aged 4 years

For those of us who have been around horses for some time this will come as no surprise but it is always interesting to see news stories like this:

It is considered that cross species facial recognition is extremely rare. Dogs were considered to be one of the exceptions until now.
Psychologists at Sussex University have tested the reactions of a number of equines and found that they too can distinguish between and recognise our emotions from facial expressions.

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