Goats can differentiate between human facial expressions and prefer to interact with happy people, according to a new study led by scientists at Queen Mary University of London. The study, which provides the first evidence of how goats read human emotional expressions, implies that the ability of animals to perceive human facial cues is not limited
Smile. The goats will like you more
Goats prefer happy people, study finds
Goats are smarter than you think
They are independent learners with long memories
Goats learn how to solve complicated tasks quickly and can recall how to perform them for at least 10 months, which might explain their remarkable ability to adapt to harsh environments, say researchers at Queen Mary University of London. Scientists trained a group of goats to retrieve food from a box using a linked sequence