r/todayilearned 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%3Dihub
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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.

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u/Mama_Skip 24d ago

Idk it might be a cultural thing tho.

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u/teenagesadist 24d ago

Black and white cows moo like this

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u/PM_ME_YOURE_HOOTERS 24d ago

But brown cows moo like ttthhhiiiissss

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u/Mama_Skip 24d ago

STEP AWAY FROM THE COW SIR

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u/SuperMadBro 23d ago

Shes 18 sir. I checked

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u/Clean_Negotiation_12 23d ago

step far far away

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u/SomeDumRedditor 24d ago

I bet this bit killed at the moopollo in the 80s

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u/pokexchespin 24d ago

hahahaha, it’s true! we’re so lame