Horses recognize each other through the neigh

Like humans, horses have the ability to build a connection between image and sound to recognize the same herd.

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Scientists have long held that the ability to establish a connection between sound and image in memory is a 'monopoly' characteristic of humans, but an experiment by University of Sussex scientists ( English) shows that horses have similar abilities.

The team followed 12 horses in Brighton and 12 others in Uckfield. They recorded the sound of both groups and then divided them into pairs. Each pair lives together for several days.

Next, the experts locked one in each pair into a place that the other child did not see. After 10 days, they played back the sounds of the recording, and let the children locked up freely in the cage.

The results showed that when he heard the strange sound of a horse, he was surprised. But if you hear the familiar whinny and don't see the children and the men seem panic and look for a long time, they will make a sound.

'In general, horses react quickly when they hear the neighing of their children. They looked towards the direction where the sound was heard for a long time if the children of the same group did not appear before them. This shows the neigh of the homosexual being able to awaken the images in the memory of the horse. This is the first experimental evidence of the possibility of establishing a connection between sound and image in memories in animals in general and horses in particular, 'the team concluded.