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WHEN WILL THE BARBARIC WHITE CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS STOP EATING BEEF?

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SO WHEN WILL THE BARBARIC WHITE CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS STOP EATING BEEF
since study found that Cows talk to each other about how they feel?


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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/cows-emotions-talk-pitch-university-sydney-alexandra-green-a9286516.html

Cows talk to each about how they feel, study finds

Academic dubs research similar to ‘Google translate’ for cattle

Zoe Tidman |

Jan 17th, 2020

Cows tell each other how they feel through their moos, according to a
new study.

The animals have individual vocal characteristics and change their pitch
depending on their emotions, according to research by the University of
Sydney.

Alexandra Green, the study’s lead author, said: “Cows are gregarious,
social animals. In one sense it isn’t surprising they assert their
individual identity throughout their life.”


“This is the first time we have been able to analyse voice to have
conclusive evidence of this trait.”


The study found that cows use their voice to help them maintain contact
with the herd and express excitement, arousal, engagement or distress.

Talking about the animals she studied, Ms Green said: "They have all got
very distinct voices. Even without looking at them in the herd, I can
tell which one is making a noise just based on her voice."

She would record and analyse their calls, using the pitch to "assess how
aroused or excited the animal is in a certain situation".


"It all relates back to their emotions and what they are feeling at the
time," she said.

Previous research has found cattle mothers and offspring communicate
through individuality in their lowing.

However, this new study has detailed how cows keep their individual moo
throughout their lives, even when talking among themselves.


It found the animals studied would speak to each other during their
sexually active period, while waiting for or denied food and when kept
separate from the group.

“Ali’s research is truly inspired. It is like she is building a Google
translate for cows,” said Cameron Clark, an associate professor at the
university.

Ms Green said she hoped her research would help farmers “tune into the
emotional state of their cattle, improving animal welfare”.

A 2018 study found that animals communicate with each other in a similar
way to humans.

Taking turns in conversations had previously been considered something
that distinguished the human language from the way animals talk to each
other — but this research found the characteristic exists throughout the
animal kingdom.

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