(WFLA/CNN) – Turn that frown upside down! But not for any reason you may be thinking of.
New research published by the Royal Society of Open Science looked at the impact of happy faces in domesticated goats.
Images of an unfamiliar person’s face were posted on a wall and the goats were brought into the area to interact.
Researchers found more of the animals gathered around the face with the happy express.
They say this shows domesticated animals used for production are aware of human emotional cues.
It may highlight the impact of domestication on animals’ cognitive abilities.