[Ag-eq] Study indicates horses ask humans for help

[Jewel]

Now!  if those horses had the intelligence of chimpanzees, they would be plaiting lengths of straw 
from their stable bedding into a lassoo and with a flick of the head, throwing the loop over the 
bucket of carrots!and once having captured it, getting the carrots would be foal'ss play!

           Jewel

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From: "Jody ianuzzi via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 22foal's, 2016 12:46 PM
To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Jody ianuzzi" <thunderwalker321 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Study indicates horses ask humans for help

Hi Tracy,

Yes that is interesting! I am not surprised that horses look to humans for help since they are a 
social animal.

Merry Christmas!

Jody

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> On Dec 21, 2016, at 8:06 AM, Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Thought horse people might find this interesting.
>
> Tracy
>
>
>
>
>
> A new study published last month in the journal of Animal Cognition suggests
> that horses can and do ask their human caretakers for help when they need -
> or want - it.
>
> The research study, conducted at Kobe University with the assistance of the
> school's equestrian club, sought to discover if a horse will communicate the
> need for assistance to a human if they cannot perform a desired task on
> their own.
>
> The experiment consisted of carrots being placed in a bucket in front of,
> but out of reach of a horse. When their human caretaker arrived, the horses
> were observed as encouraging their caretaker to notice the bucket through
> gestures, looking at them and at the bucket, touching them and even pushing
> them with their muzzle. For some scenarios, the caretakers were present when
> the carrots were placed in the bucket and for others they were not. The
> horses seemed to send more signals to encourage their caretaker to notice
> the bucket if the caretaker was not present when the carrots were placed in
> the bucket.
>
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> While the sample size of this experiment was small, findings suggest that
> horses do indeed attempt to communicate with humans when they need
> assistance with a task or situation they cannot complete/resolve on their
> own, and that they alter their behavior according to how much they perceive
> the human knows/understands the situation.
>
> Read more at Horse Channel
> <http://www.horsechannel.com/horse-news/2016/12/how-horses-ask-for-help.aspx
>> .
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