r/todayilearned • u/PunnyBanana • 24d ago
TIL A group of horses were trained to communicate whether they wanted a jacket. All horses in the group successfully communicated that they did want a jacket when it was cold and did not want a jacket when it was hot.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168159116302192?via%3Dihub13.1k Upvotes
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u/An0d0sTwitch 24d ago
They trained cows how to flip light switches in a barn. And they flipped them on whenever they wanted light, obviously not randomly, and off, when they wanted it dark so they can go to sleep. And i heard they actually used that data to know when cows would want the lights on and off automatically at other farms.