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May 2, 2018 · A new study shows that horses can actually understand and remember human emotions, which is something that makes them seem even more magical than they already did.
- Mismatch #1: The Non-Verbal World of “Equinese”
- Mismatch #2: We Say Several Things at Once
- Mismatch #3: We Shout; Horses Whisper
- Horses Bridge The Umwelt Divide
- Might The Umwelts Meet?
- Humans Bridge The Umwelt Divide
Language is so woven into our Umwelt that the word “communication” is often synonymous with “words” – language, speaking, reading, or writing to humans. Horses, on the other hand, evolved an effective visual system of communication, where vocalizations were rarely necessary. Horses living under natural conditions form stable, often life-long, socia...
Poorly versed as we are in the non-verbal world of the horse, our cues are often clumsy and lack the subtlety of horse-to-horse communication. As the classic image of the deadened school horse with a novice rider mercilessly thumping his sides or pulling on the reins would belie, horses have exquisite tactile sensitivity, responding to pressures to...
To understand the horse’s communication finesse, we need look no farther than how they communicate with one another. “Ritualized behaviours” – the epitome of equine, non-verbal understatement and the basis of most horse-to-horse communication – are abbreviated versions of the actual gesture they represent. They carry the same meaning, but have evol...
A hot topic in animal research is that of “referential communication,” which occurs when a sender directs the attention of a recipient through gestures – pointing, showing or touching – to a target and, in this way, informs the recipient of his or her wishes. If the gesture works, both sender and receiver focus their attention on the target. In hum...
We have had high expectations for horses to understand our Umwelt, while making rather pitiful advances into theirs. Researcher Steven North argues that our anthropocentric, or human-centered, bias hampers our understanding of the impact of our interventions in a multispecies world. While North focuses on horses’ interaction with technology, he con...
Researchers are making more advances in trying to understand the equine communication Umwelt through technologies that seek to identify and record a full repertoire of horses’ body language in various contexts. The “Equine Facial Action Coding System (EquiFACS)”, developed by Jen Wathan and colleagues is a comprehensive manual with accompanying pho...
Dec 26, 2017 · Do you and your horse speak the same language? Not neighs and words, of course. But the international—or, rather, “interspecies”—vernacular: body language.
Jul 2, 2016 · Physical communication is the primary way that humans communicate with horses. Whether by pulling on bridle reins or squeezing their legs against a horse’s sides, humans have built the entire equestrian sport around physical communication by humans.
Horses do not understand what we say – or do they? For sure, they do not know Danish, English or Chinese, but they still understand us humans. No matter what language we speak.
Apr 3, 2022 · Horses can understand and remember words with few syllables. However, their understanding relies on the unique pitch, tone, and length of the voice and other riding aids. And horses are excellent listeners, so it’s essential to know their needs and limits when interacting with them regularly.
Jan 15, 2015 · In this article, I explore some key factors in equine communication, outline where our human/horse communication difficulties may lie, and suggest a perspective for interpreting “Equinese.”. Let’s begin with a look at how horses came to be the silent types that they are.
