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15-09-2021 15:00

Researchers from Cambridge University trained eight female mountain sheep to identify the faces of Barack Obama, actress Emma Watson, actor Jake Gyllenhaal, and BBC newsreader Fiona Bruce.

(Peneliti dari Universitas Cambridge melatih delapan domba gunung betina untuk mengenali wajah Barack Obama, artis Emma Watson, aktor Jake Gyllenhaal dan pembaca berita BBC Fiona Bruce.)

The scientists showed the sheep pictures of people on two side-by-side computer screens. On one side would be a stranger and on the other would be one of the four celebrities. The ewes would receive a reward of food for choosing the photograph of the celebrity by breaking an infrared beam near the screen displaying it. If they chose the wrong person, a buzzer would sound and they would receive no reward. The animals eventually managed to identify the familiar face eight times out of every 10.

(Para ahli menunjukkan gambar di dua layar komputer yang berdampingan. Di satu sisi gambar orang asing dan sisi lainnya satu dari empat selebriti. Domba-domba betina akan menerima hadiah makanan untuk memilih foto selebriti dengan memutus sinar inframerah di dekat layar. Jika mereka salah memilih, sebuah bel akan berbunyi dan mereka tidak akan menerima hadiah. Hewan-hewan ini akhirnya berhasil mengenali wajah delapan kali dari 10 kali percobaan.)

Professor Jenny Morton, who led the study, said in a statement, that the sheep have shown that they have advanced face-recognition abilities, comparable with those of humans and monkeys.

(Profesor Jenny Morton, yang memimpin penelitian ini, menyatakan, domba-domba itu menunjukkan bahwa mereka memiliki kemampuan mengenali wajah tingkat lanjut, sebanding dengan manusia dan monyet.)

Kata-kata sulit: researcher (peneliti), ewe (domba betina), infrared beam (sinar inframerah).

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