Whether you're just starting your goat journey or you've been blessed with their playful presence for years, have you ever really stopped to ponder what's going on in those clever caprine minds when they look at us? It turns out, our beloved goats are far more perceptive, and their interactions with us are more profound, than many might realize. This isn't just about chores and feed times, it's about a deep, two-way street of understanding that's rooted in science. Let's explore how our interactions truly shape their world.
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- Bellegarde, L. G. A., Haskell, M. J., Duvaux,Ponter, C., Weiss, A., Boissy, A., & Erhard, H. W. (2017). Face,based perception of emotions in dairy goats. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 193, 51,59.49
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- Nawroth, C., Martin, Z. M., & McElligott, A. G. (2020). Goats Follow Human Pointing Gestures in an Object Choice Task. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 915.53
- Nawroth, C., von Borell, E., & Langbein, J. (2015). ‘Goats that stare at men’, Dwarf goats alter their behaviour in response to human head orientation but do not spontaneously use head direction as a cue in a food,related context. Animal Cognition, 18(1), 65,73.44
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