human-animal-relationship
How Do Goats Show Affection to Humans?
May 1, 2023 · Tamsin Cooper · Ownership
Are goats affectionate and can they really love humans? The author gathers clues from animal behavior science and observing her herd.
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Goat Games Reveal Caprine Intelligence
August 11, 2021 · Tamsin Cooper · Ownership
With progress in production and husbandry systems in mind, researchers design goat games and study such behavior in domestic goats. Foraging styles, social strategies, stress responses, the human–animal relationship, and the effects of different systems have all come under the empirical microscope.
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Goats Prefer People with Smiling, Happy Faces
Researchers aimed to find out by watching goats at Buttercups Sanctuary for Goats, England, and recording their reactions to photographs of different human expressions. They found that goats prefer people who were smiling.
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