I only have eyes for ewe
Scientists:
sheep feel love, friendship Scientists at the Babraham Research Institute in Cambridge,
England, say sheep have many similarities to humans, including feeling love and
loss. Professor Keith Kendrick said sheep fall in love, have best friends and
feel sad when members of the flock die or are slaughtered, the Western Mail reported
Monday. The scientists inserted electrodes into the brains of ewes to measure
their reactions to certain stimulations. The sheep were shown pictures of rams
they were closely associated with or sheep in their group of "friends."
The scientists then analyzed data collected by machines. Kendrick said sheep and
human brains are similar in other areas, as well. "We have now provided strong
evidence that sheep possess very similar abilities to humans in using faces to
recognize one another and also have the same specialized neural networks in their
temporal and frontal cortices," he said.
And
you thought that your favorite ewe just wanted you for that box of chocolate that
you brought her.
