Equus

CHATTING WITH HORSES

ocial creatures communicate their emotional state through facial expressions, body language, voice and overall energy. Horses are keenly aware of all these signals for emotional communication. Mares are usually the best teachers for equine “language skills” as foals mimic their mother’s conversations from ear positions to head and facial expressions, much like

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