From 'Babe' to 'Black Beauty', popular culture is constantly telling us that speaking to animals gently and 'politely' is the best way to get them to do our bidding.Now a new study has shown the same is true in the real world, as domesticated animals like pigs and horses can tell the difference between negative and positive sounds in human speech.Researchers from the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Biology and ETH Zurich found that the animals reacted react more strongly to 'negatively charged' human voices.
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