Horses Blink Less, Twitch Eyelids More When Stressed (VIDEO)

University of Guelph

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Prof. Katrina Merkies, from the Department of Animal Biosciences at the Ontario Veterinary College, explains her new research that found that horses blink less when they feel stress, but twitch their eyelids more.

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