Hey lil' goat, can you tell the difference between a happy voice and an angry voice?
Dogs tune into the tone of human voices. Do livestock? To find out, goatologists ran an experiment using a hidden speaker that broadcast two versions of the phrase "Hey, look over here."
Ok, so let's start off by saying that goats don't have the greatest image when it comes to intelligence.
In Nigeria, for example, a common insult is: "You're as stupid as a goat."
People who raise goats and study goats know that's just not true. Alan McElligott, associate professor of animal behavior and welfare, City University of Hong Kong, has run many studies that show goats are ... well, if not the GOAT, then close to it.
His latest study was conducted in collaboration with , who holds
