A few years ago, scientists at the Queen Mary University of London discovered that goats are capable of rudimentary communications, similar to that used by dogs. These scientists studied goat behaviour (who knew one could make a living doing that) and realised that hungry goats will turn to look at humans intentionally to signal when they want the human to open a box containing food. We all know that dogs can tell us when they want something, but goats?
I had a distinct feeling that this goat wanted me to buzz off.
FYI, Biasini. Horses are good at this too. Perhaps you can have a conversation with the goats at Carriage Farm.
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6 Comments
pattimoed
17th October 2020 at 10:37 AMHi, Khurt. Yes, animals can communicate quite well. We can learn from them!!
Leya
15th October 2020 at 2:36 PMInteresting and well chosen.
JohnRH
13th October 2020 at 11:55 PMExcellent. Perhaps goats have mental telepathy and we just don't get it. ?!?!
Tina Schell
13th October 2020 at 7:32 AMI’m with I.J. I think some day we’ll learn much more about animal and insect communication. Interesting post. And yes, who knew one could make a living at such a thing!
I. J. Khanewala
12th October 2020 at 9:35 PMI'm not too surprised. Every animal which lives in some kind of collective needs to communicate. Even solitary animals, like tigers, need to teach their young.
Jeff Sinon
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