Most Humans Can , Innately Understand , Chicken Emotions.<br />According to a recent study, most humans <br />have the innate ability to understand <br />emotions expressed by chickens.<br />'Newsweek' reports that a team of researchers <br />in Australia has found that seven out of ten humans <br />can interpret whether chickens are happy or not <br />just by hearing the sounds the animals make.<br />The team's findings were published <br />in the 'Royal Society of Open Science.'.<br />194 participants listened to eight calls <br />when chickens anticipated a reward <br />and eight calls when they didn't. .<br />The participants were then asked <br />whether they thought the chicken was <br />expressing displeasure or excitement.<br />The team found that 69% of participants <br />were able to correctly determine the chicken's <br />mood based on just the sound of their "cluck.".<br />The team found that 69% of participants <br />were able to correctly determine the chicken's <br />mood based on just the sound of their "cluck.".<br />Our study strengthens <br />evidence that humans perceive <br />emotions across different taxa, <br />and that specific acoustic cues may <br />embody a homologous signaling <br />system among vertebrates, Via study published in 'Royal Society of Open Science'.<br />Importantly, humans could <br />identify reward-related calls, <br />and this ability could enhance <br />the management of farmed <br />chickens to improve their welfare, Via study published in 'Royal Society of Open Science'.<br />The findings provide confidence that farmers raising chickens can identify the emotional state of <br />the birds even without previous experience.<br />Being able to decipher the <br />emotional state in an alarm call <br />helps receivers to determine <br />the severity of the threat and <br />is particularly advantageous <br />in dangerous situations. , Via study published in 'Royal Society of Open Science'.<br />In future research, reward and <br />non-reward related vocalizations <br />could be considered reliable 'markers' <br />of internal states, allowing for the <br />development of automated assessments <br />of compromised or good welfare states <br />within poultry management systems, Via study published in 'Royal Society of Open Science'
