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  2. Equine intelligence - Wikipedia

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    Behavior of a horse facing a box containing food: Sniffing the lid, lifting the lid, opening the box, eating the food. Excerpted from the article Do horses expect humans to solve their problems? (2012). [S 59] Another major limitation in cognitive studies is the insufficient consideration of the horse's emotional state.

  3. Horse intelligence - Wikipedia

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    Behavior of a horse facing a box containing food: - Sniffing the lid - Lifting the lid - Opening the box - Eating the food Excerpt from the article "Do horses expect humans to solve their problems?", by C. Lesimple, C. Sankey, M. A. Richard, and M. Hausberger, 2012. [S 59]

  4. Horse behavior - Wikipedia

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    Free-roaming mustangs (Utah, 2005). Horse behavior is best understood from the view that horses are prey animals with a well-developed fight-or-flight response.Their first reaction to a threat is often to flee, although sometimes they stand their ground and defend themselves or their offspring in cases where flight is untenable, such as when a foal would be threatened.

  5. Equine ethics - Wikipedia

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    Equine ethics is a field of ethical and philosophical inquiry focused on human interactions with horses. It seeks to examine and potentially reform practices that may be deemed unethical, encompassing various aspects such as breeding, care, usage (particularly in sports), and end-of-life considerations.

  6. Stable vices - Wikipedia

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    Behavioral problems can also develop because the horse is in pain from the ulcers that are a result of the low quantities of forage. The process of chewing produces saliva, which the horse uses as a natural antacid; if the horse has no hay or pasture to chew on, the antacid will not be produced and the horse will find anything to chew on to try ...

  7. Genome study shows how horses galloped into human history - AOL

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    An analysis of genome data from 475 ancient horses and 77 modern ones is providing clarity. It revealed that domestication actually occurred twice - the first time being a dead end - and traced ...

  8. Clever Hans - Wikipedia

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    Clever Hans performing in 1904. Clever Hans (German: der Kluge Hans; c. 1895 – c. 1916) was a horse that appeared to perform arithmetic and other intellectual tasks.. In 1907, psychologist Oskar Pfungst demonstrated that the horse was not actually performing these mental tasks, but was watching the reactions of his trai

  9. Feral horse - Wikipedia

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    Away from humans, over time, these animals' patterns of behavior revert to behavior more closely resembling that of wild horses. Some horses that live in a feral state but may be occasionally handled or managed by humans, particularly if privately owned, are referred to as "semi-feral". Feral horses live in groups called a herd, band, harem, or ...