The horse's ability to communicate by ear and eyes

According to a recent study by American scientists, horses can communicate with each other through facial expressions, especially eyes and ears.

In the study published in the journal Curent Biology on August 4, the scientists concluded that this work is a breakthrough in understanding how animals communicate by previous studies. This only focuses on human-like communication behaviors such as body, head and eye movements.

To draw that conclusion, the team at the University of Sussex of England took a series of photographs of the horse's expression when they noticed something.

The horse has the ability to communicate with ears and eyes.(Source: REX)

Next, they placed two food baskets in front of the real horse and enlarged the horses in photos of real horse size. Some 'fake' horses have eyes towards one of the two food baskets, while others are blindfolded and ears.

When observed, the research team realized that horses positioned their food with both their sight and hearing before relying on the line of sight.

However, others find it difficult to find food when some parts of the face such as the fake ears and eyes of the horse are hidden.

Jennifer Wathan, a member of the research team, argued that this result is contrary to some earlier theories that ocular animals on either side of the head cannot receive information based on the view of the animal of the same species. .

The team said they will continue to learn more about facial expression related to the horse's emotional expression.

According to scientists, the close and close relationship with humans is also the reason why scientists are more interested in this mammal.

Wathan thinks that like chimpanzees, elephants and dolphins, horses live in groups and have a rather complex expression.