Cows possess ability to distinguish human friend from foe, new research shows
Ed Griffiths
Cattle possess the remarkable ability to identify human faces they know and connect those faces with corresponding voices, according to new research. The study reveals cows do not view all people as an indistinguishable group but can instead pick out individuals they have encountered before. The researchers concluded: "Our findings suggest that cows are capable of processing human cues and that they do not perceive all humans as a single, undifferentiated category, but are instead capable of dis