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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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