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Horse faces show feelings

The Week Junior Science+Nature UK

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August 2025

Scientists have mapped how horses use their faces to show emotion and communicate - just like humans and apes.

Horse faces show feelings

Researchers from the University of Portsmouth made a list of 805 facial expressions, monitoring how individual muscles moved, and linked them to 22 behaviours. For example, when horses are playing, their faces show a range of movements, usua

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