FACIAL EXPRESSIONS: Jenni Nellist says...
What’s his vibe?
Q Horses have such expressive faces. Do their expressions really denote the mood they look as though they denote? For example, a wrinkled nose looks like pure disgust, but is this possible?
Gemma Stonehouse, Co. Durham
Equine facial expressions is a new field of investigation, in which we are starting to see some published research. EquiFACS stands for Equine Facial Action Coding System and the first paper to come out on this mapped, in fine detail, all the horse’s facial muscles and
