双语阅读研究称骡子比狗更聪明.pdfVIP

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双语阅读:研究称骡子比狗更聪明 I ’sbeenacceptedasfactfordonkey’syears –butitseemsmulesaren’ tstubbornafterall。 Butinfac , expertssaytheanimalsaremoreadaptableandintelligen hanhorsesanddogs。 Ananimalbehaviourexpertdecidedtotes hestubbornnessofmulesbyse ingu paproblem-solvingtaskinvolvingafencebeingplacedinapenwithfoodontheo therside。 However , itwasdiscoveredthatmosthorsesanddonkeyssimplystoppedinfrontoftheobs acleandpauseforsometime。 Muleswerealsomoreflexibleintheirunlearningthandogs Theresultsshowedthatmules-theoffspringofafemalehorseandmaledonkey-c onsistentlyspo edthegapalmostimmediatelyandbypassedthebarrier。 Thefencewasmovedseveraltimesbu hetestfoundthatmulesasagroupwoulda lwayssolvetheproblemfasterthandonkeys,horses,anddogs。 DrBri aOsthauscarriedoutou heteston12ofeachgrouptogetaclearindicatio nofwhichspeciesisbe eratproblemsolving。 Britta , 46 , aseniorlecturerinAppliedSocialSciencesatCanterburyUniversity,Kent, said : ‘FirstItesteddogsonthistaskandwassurprisedhowbadlytheyperformed。 ‘ThenIthoughtthathorses , mulesanddonkeysarepreyanimals , unlikedogs,andwhethertheirthinkingmightbemoreefficientinthissituatio 。 ‘Wedo ’tknowmuchabouttheactualthinkingabilitiesofhorses , mulesanddonkeysandIwascurious。 ‘Itestediton12ofeach。 ‘Muleswerefasterintheirinitiallearningthanbothdonkeysandhorsesandthe ywerealsomoreflexibleintheirunlearningthandogsandhorses。 ‘ Donkeysalsooutshonebothdogsandhorsesintheirflexibility , completelytheoppositetowhatweexpectfromstubborndonkeys。’ 骡子又呆又笨,一直是公认的事实,但其实骡子似乎一点都不迟 钝。据英国《每日邮报》报道,专家称骡子比马和狗更聪明,灵活性 更强。 动物行为专家设置了一项问题解决型任务,以测试骡子的反应能 力。在圈中放置围栏,围栏对面放食物。围栏的一侧有一个巨大的缺 口,可以很容易绕过围栏。 但是,实验显示马和驴在围栏面前停止不前;

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