many of them reaching 30 years of age<\/a>. Moreover, we share more than 5,000 years of history with these animals, and it makes sense for them to form some attachment to us. Some scientists have theorized that horses have evolved to recognize individual humans as a survival mechanism. They needed to know who they could trust in order to survive.<\/p>\nWhat else can we learn?<\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
Now that scientists know that horses can recognize different people using both visual and audio cues, they’re looking to explore this avenue further with different experiments. One of the more interesting ones will be to test whether horses react differently to photographs of humans that have harmed them in the past.<\/p>\n
If the science is right, we might be able to use a horse’s long-term memory in order to identify abusers – people who have treated their horses harshly. In an “ideal” scenario, the horse will act anxious or it might try to avoid looking at the image in question. Obviously, the experiment will have to consider the mental health of the horse and how stressful the experiment would be.<\/p>\n
Obeying commands from strangers.<\/h3>\n Horses are incredibly intelligent, but it looks like they’re even smarter than we thought. As we expand the scope of our research, we’re able to learn new things about these amazing animals and the way that their minds work. What we know so far is that horses recognize their keepers and are more likely to obey their commands even when the keeper doesn’t direct his attention towards the horse.<\/p>\n
If a complete stranger issues the same commands, the horse will likely obey them as well, but only if the person in question is looking directly at the horse or points towards it. With a familiar person, the equine will obey those commands even if the keeper is facing away. This shows a clear level of attachment and is an indicator of long-term memory.<\/p>\n
Conclusion.<\/h4>\n Can horses recognize people? Yes, they can, and they are also able to distinguish between them with relative ease. They’re able to identify our voices and our faces, and studies have shown that they can even understand facial expressions to a certain degree.<\/p>\n
Hopefully, as we perform more advanced experiments, we’ll soon be able to understand equines better, and maybe even communicate with them in a more effective manner. Until then, all we can do is observe them carefully, and treat them as well as we can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
How can we tell if horses recognize us? We already know that horses are incredibly intelligent animals that can be trained to perform all manner of wondrous feats. They also obey our commands and perform their duties to the letter, but do they really recognize us as individuals, as their keepers and companions? In recent…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":29,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,9],"yoast_head":"\n
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