Sheep Senses, Social Cognition and Capacity for Consciousness

摘要: Sheep are generally held in low regard as far cognition and social skills concerned. However, there is now increasing evidence from studies of their behaviour brain function that they have highly sophisticated emotional recognition using faces, voices smells. They able to recognize remember many different sheep humans for several years or more appear some capacity forming mental images the faces absent individuals. The presence such abilities this species means we must pay careful attention welfare factors composition stability environment well nature our own interactions with them.