"No, it's neocortex is insufficiently developed."
I question the source of your information.
Almost a decade ago, an Internationally renown equine ethologist, (Marthe Kiley-Worthington) taught a small herd of horses over 250 words.
In addition, this is just one recent article that disagrees with your assessment.
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"Since 'horses are able to learn and memorize human words' and can hear the human voice better than even dogs can, due to their particular range of hearing, the scientists predict trainers could have success if they incorporate more vocal commands into their horse training programs."
Horses can learn to understand human speech, but they cannot mimic it, like say a parrot could, due to the limited range of their vocal cords.
no
False
The answer for the Howrse riding level question is false.
Horses can learn basic word command through repetition and understand far more than we think.
no, they just nay and snort
No horses cannot mimic human speech. They can mimic human expressions however, many learn to 'wink' or look sad etc because they learn that their owners like it and will reward them in some way for it. Also horses are very visual creatures and use facial expressions to communicate with other horses.
yes but it might sound a bit nasal.
yes but it might sound a bit nasal.
Horses cannot learn to speak. They have their own language, but they cannot make human sounds because their vocal cords are not built to do that.nono
Horses can learn to recognise certain words, but not understand the meaning. I.e if you called Dinner at each dinner time, the horse would learn to associate this word with dinner. Horses learn through repitition so it would take a while.
Yes. A person said they met a horse one time at a ranch in TX over the summer, they went up to him and said "hi" each day. At the end of the summer they said "hi" to him on their last day at the ranch and the horse said "hi" back. This is probably due to the mirror neurons found in mammals, and the repetition that allowed the horse to learn how to speak.
horses can learn to mimic human voices but not perfectly!!!