Which animals have best friends?
According to research at Northampton University, cows have "best friends" and are distressed if they're separated. That's right, despite their calm exterior and completely "at peace" blank stare, they have some troubles too. In every herd there are aggressive cows that act out and push their way to the front when it's time to be milked, and submissive cows that try to stay out of the way.
The cow's heart rates and cortisol levels were measured when they were isolated, penned with their best friend, and penned with a stranger cow. The heart rates were significantly lower when they were with their friends, which could provide some real benefits.Milk yields will be higher and bettering their welfare by reducing the stress.
What are your thoughts on this subject?
37 Comments
Stevie G
Very poor question with multiple answers.
Cheryl Dunn
Primates and elephants both have best friends. How is this a geography question?
billyboy915
Multiple answers again!
This is exactly why Quizzclub Clones should submit their questions to review. Their material is consistently questionable.
Marina da Conceicao
This is pure anthroporomorphism! That apart, anybody dealing with social animals knows that all of them form bonds and have preferences as to which or who's company they prefer and it might not even be a conspecific!
Gary Chadwick
Nothing was said about if the others have best friends or not or if they had actualluy been studied. Just that some research showed cows do.
William Laughlin
More rubbish from the Quizzclub Clones. SMH
teacherchicky
Wrong! Several of these answers could be correct, on fact, the first animal listed if you Google it is elephants and I know this to be true because I watched a documentary! Dolphins and chimpanzees were also listed but nowhere on there are cows! Again, I'm reporting this!
Mike Hibner
I've seen horses with best friends, not necessarily other horses. I've heard of elephants having best friends. I Assume monkeys, being primates, have best friends. Been around a lot of cows and never noticed that any had best friends...
JohnnyRoulette
Elephants, chimps, horses, hyenas, dolphins. Terrible job here. I picked elephant and got it “wrong”. Except I obviously had it right
Rafi Manory
I found this in an expert game on geography. I fail to see the geography here, apart of the fact that I don't agree with the answer.
Sue Busby
Elephants form life long friendships so the question as more than one right answer
Fred Keogh
Ridiculous question, they all have the ability to make 'best' friends.
Linda O'Dell
Both elephants, horses along with whales and camelids are all considered capable of having best friends. We should be credited on this question.
Rusty
Now there's some trivia I had never known, nice question
Alec Boreham
MOST animals have acquaintances but only a few species are capable of true friendship. This select group of mammals includes the higher primates, members of the horse family, elephants, cetaceans and camelids
Phillip McCullough
The answers are given are all correct.