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“Say Wilbur, get a load of this story.” If you grew up in the '60s, you probably recognize the voice of Mr. Ed, TV’s talking horse. And it turns out, he might recognize your voice, too. A new study shows that even non-talking horses can tell individual people apart based on the sound of their voice.
Researchers put 32 horses in front of a familiar trainer and a new person. When the horses heard their trainer’s voice coming from a loudspeaker1, they looked at their trainer almost exclusively2. When the stranger’s voice was heard, they were about equally3 likely to look at either person.
Another test used 10 trainers the horses were familiar with. And when the animals heard a voice, they looked at the correct person faster and concentrated4 on that person much more than any of the other choices. The study appears in the Proceedings5 of the Royal Society B.
Researchers think the ability to recognize individual handlers might be rooted in the relationships the steeds have with their conspecific NEIGHHHHbors. I mean, neighbors.
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| n.扬声器，扩音器 | |
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exclusively
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| adv.排斥其他地；单独地；专有地 | |
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equally
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| adv.平等地；公平地 | |
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concentrated
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| adj.集中的；全神贯注的；浓缩的；汰选出来的v.集中(concentrate的过去分词)；聚集，集结；凝缩，浓缩；[矿]汰选 | |
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| n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报 | |
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