Are there many creatures that never forget a face? <\/p>
Yes animals do recognise, individual humans \u2013 and not only the more obvious contenders such as chimpanzees<\/a> or dogs. <\/strong><\/p> Northern mockingbirds avoid people who have previously threatened them, while magpies mob them. And Gunnison\u2019s prairie dogs<\/a> issue specific alarm calls in response to specific people.<\/p> It\u2019s not always clear how they tell us apart, but faces might be important. Pigeons<\/a> will avoid a threatening person even if they swap clothes with a kindlier soul. <\/p> And studies show that jackdaws <\/a>can tell humans apart solely on the basis of a mask \u2013 their behaviour towards individuals relates to previous experience with people wearing the same mask.<\/p> <\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Are there many creatures that never forget a face? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":41213,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/08\/why-pets-arent-the-only-animals-that-recognise-individual-humans-and-how-they-tell-us-apart.jpg",623,456,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/08\/why-pets-arent-the-only-animals-that-recognise-individual-humans-and-how-they-tell-us-apart-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/08\/why-pets-arent-the-only-animals-that-recognise-individual-humans-and-how-they-tell-us-apart-300x220.jpg",300,220,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/08\/why-pets-arent-the-only-animals-that-recognise-individual-humans-and-how-they-tell-us-apart.jpg",623,456,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/08\/why-pets-arent-the-only-animals-that-recognise-individual-humans-and-how-they-tell-us-apart.jpg",623,456,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/08\/why-pets-arent-the-only-animals-that-recognise-individual-humans-and-how-they-tell-us-apart.jpg",623,456,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/08\/why-pets-arent-the-only-animals-that-recognise-individual-humans-and-how-they-tell-us-apart.jpg",623,456,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Are there many creatures that never forget a face?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/41212"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How do animals tell humans apart?<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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