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Horses can understand tones but not actual words. Horses, being prey animals, do not use language in the same way that predators do. They use their voice to express concern, loneliness or to call out. This helps them to discover where other horses are at. Horses will nicker to a person they become familiar with during feeding times or when they anticipate being in contact. This is often interpreted as language. Predators, like coyotes, communicate with their barks/growls to tell each other where they are at, to celebrate a kill, or to tell another animal to stay away.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoOr, if you put a couple horses in a pasture together and you don't know what they mean, playing could turn into fighting. (I've had experience...it wasn't good)
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∙ 14y agoIt is possible to understand horses quite clearly.
First, though their body gestures. Such as, if they are really tense (which you can see around the shoulders and flanks and neck the most) they are very anxious or scared. Or, if they are standing around with a foot cocked, they are relaxed.
Also, their ears and eyes. Ears back, they are angry or frightened. Ears forward, they are curious or content.
Horse neighs are quite suggestive of moods too. If they nicker, it is a sign of being content or happy, or a sign of affection. But a louder, more harsh neigh is kind of a 'back off' sign. Kind of like people.
Hope this helps!
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∙ 14y agono, althought most animals can understand your tone, i.e happy, mad.
Horses do not necessarily "understand" words or sentences from the human language, but like the family dog, they do associate certain single words with actions when repeated several times.
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