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Очевидно изразът “тъп като овца/коза” трябва да бъде преразгледан. Според проучването по-долу козите не само са напълно способни да различават различните емоции в обажданията на своите връстници, но и могат да разпознават техните роднини, да съпреживяват емоциите на себеподобните си и дори да реагират на тези емоции – т.е. да развеселят тъжен събрат. Освен това те са изключително интелигентни и се съобразяват с околната среда и пастирите си. Може би лекарите трябва по-често да се срещат с кози. Никога не съм срещал нито един лекар, който дори да знае какво означава емпатия, камо ли да я практикува. Както споменах в друга тема, много случаи на депресия са започнали просто с “разговор с лекар” (както неумолимо ни увещават телевизионните реклами) за симптомите на възможностите за лечение на конкретно заболяване, което човекът може да има (или да няма).

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/never-underestimate-goat-not-stupid-looks-180950265

https://www.wideopenpets.com/goats-can-tell-their-friends-in-the-herd-by-the-sounds-they-make

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/09/goats-can-distinguish-emotions-from-each-others-calls-study

“…They are known for gobbling socks from washing lines and for their fearsome headbutting capabilities but the rich emotional life of goats may have been underestimated. Scientists have found that goats are able to distinguish emotions from each other’s calls and also respond to the feelings of their peers, a phenomenon known as emotional contagion.”

“…Despite its evolutionary importance, social communication of emotions in non-human animals is still not well understood,” said Luigi Baciadonna, the lead author of the study from Queen Mary University of London. Baciadonna and colleagues selected goats as a promising candidate for having emotional intelligence as previous research had revealed them to be surprisingly clever and to have complex social lives. One experiment had indicated they could distinguish the calls of goat “friends” from strangers’ calls, raising the question of whether they could also tell how their companions were feeling.”

“…They then played these sounds to other animals and recorded their reaction. They found the goats could distinguish between the different types of calls. They also had different physiological responses depending on the emotion they heard. When listening to positive emotions, the goats’ heart rate became more erratic. “They potentially can perceive the emotional content and be affected by the emotions of the calls they hear,” said Livio Favaro. “There might be the first suggestion of emotional contagion through vocalisations.” The findings, published in the journal Frontiers in Zoology, could have implications for the way livestock are housed.”

“…Rachel Sparkes, a goat keeper and spokeswoman for the British Goat Society, said the findings were in line with her experience. “I find goats to be much more sensitive to change than other livestock, so it would make sense that they notice emotional changes in the calls from other goats,” she said. “I have found over the years that goats are excellent listeners. They seem able to read human emotions well and if I’m having a bad day the goats will always cheer me up. They know when you’re upset or happy or stressed.”

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