Horse Facial Expressions Enhance Understanding

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More than a long face: horses use ‘rich repertoire’ of expressions to interact

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Researchers from the University of Portsmouth found horses pull a variety of facial expressions when interacting with each other.

During play horses often had an increase in visible eye white, the nose was pushed forward, and the head tended to be up or turned to the right, or both.

Researchers found that almost all facial movements occurred in all of the different contexts, some were more specific to certain types of interaction.

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