Friday, November 25, 2011

Can Horses 'Watch and Learn'?

Can Horses 'Watch and Learn'?: Watch and learn. It sure seems that horses can do it. One of them figures out how to open the gate to get to your not-so-well-hidden stock of carrots, and then before you know it, they're all getting orange in the muzzle. So can they really learn from each other? Maybe, according to a group of Danish equestrian scientists, but there's nothing cert...

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  1. Recently, I've read an article regarding with this issue. It says that an under the right circumstances horses can learn by watching other. It had already been demonstrated in a variety of species including rats, chickens, dogs and cats so it is possible to performance horses too.

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