Barnyard animals are more empathetic than you might have thought, a new study has found.
Goats are able to distinguish between positive and negative emotions in another goat's calls and react to their fellows' feelings, according to a paper published in the journal Frontiers in Zoology by researchers from Queen Mary University of London, ETH Zürich and the University of TurinWorking at Buttercups Sanctuary for Goats in Kent, UK, the researchers recorded goats'"positive" calls, when they were approached with food pellets, and"negative" calls,...
Goats in particular are"highly social" and may use their communicative calls to"strengthen social bonds and group cohesion," according to the researchers. The study concludes that non-human animals, in addition to experiencing their own emotions,"might also be sensitive to the emotional states of other individuals.
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