Not really great ‘friend’ material though, more like you cajole them into helping you, and they maybe kind of trust you, sort of.
Wolves that we domesticated into dogs literally evolved into having eyebrow and other facial muscles that allow them to convey emotion much more analgously to how humans do.
I’ve not had much experiences with donkeys beyond basically state fairs, but that does track with what I’ve heard about them…
… tend to be a fair deal more intelligent than the average horse, and yeah I have heard that they’ll actually stand and fight, more often than a horse, who will often just freak out and then run in some random direction, potentially directly into a tree.
Horses are very often dumb idiot assholes.
Much more so than dogs.
Yes, they’re very, incredibly useful.
Not really great ‘friend’ material though, more like you cajole them into helping you, and they maybe kind of trust you, sort of.
Wolves that we domesticated into dogs literally evolved into having eyebrow and other facial muscles that allow them to convey emotion much more analgously to how humans do.
I would trust a donkey to be my best friend before a horse. Donkeys are fucking rad and protect live stock really well. And will fuck up predators.
I’ve not had much experiences with donkeys beyond basically state fairs, but that does track with what I’ve heard about them…
… tend to be a fair deal more intelligent than the average horse, and yeah I have heard that they’ll actually stand and fight, more often than a horse, who will often just freak out and then run in some random direction, potentially directly into a tree.