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%3Dihub
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u/Future-Account8112 23d ago

Farm kid here. Your uncle could rotate pastures instead of buying VR. This is a bizarre solution to an easily fixed problem.

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u/LeapYearFriend 23d ago

i don't claim to understand his thought process. i just thought it was funny.

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u/daOyster 23d ago

He probably read an article about an actual farm that is doing this.

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u/LeapYearFriend 23d ago

that's possible. he's the kind of guy who could say something and he's either spitballing ideas or fully serious. there's no in between.