University of Guelph researchers release the results of research into the ability of ponies to differentiate between human faces relating happiness, anger, sadness and neutrality.
Many different cues factor into how a horse will respond but understanding facial expressions is important to social interactions.
If one can understand the facial expressions from another being or another species, then one knows how to respond appropriately.
(sourced from news.uoguelph.ca)
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