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Horses really can smell fear, new study claims, and it changes their behaviour

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par Roberta Blake, Professor of Animal Performance Science, Anglia Ruskin University

Humans have long believed horses can “smell fear”. Nervous riders are often told to “relax, or the horse will feel it”. Until recently, though, there was little scientific evidence to show whether this was anything more than folklore.

A new study has found that this belief is no myth. Its results show that horses can detect chemical signals linked to human emotions, and that these signals can influence their behaviour and physiology.

Previous research has pointed to

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