Horses can form deep and long lasting connections with their human keepers according to new research from France. The experiment, led by Léa Lansade of the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, found that horses were able to identify their keepers when presented with a photo of them and a random human about 75 percent of the time. The results were surprising not just because they suggest horses form emotional attachments to their human companions, but because it shows horses understand photographs as symbolic representations. According to a new study from France, horses seem to be able to recognize photos of their human handlers, and can even identify former handlers they haven't seen or worked with in six months or more Past research has shown horses can identify their keepers based on smells or sound cues, according to a report in Scientific American, but Lansade's study is the first to show two-dimensional images can also have significance to horses. '[T]hese results show that horses have advanced face-recognition abilities, and are able, like humans, to differentiate between a photograph of a familiar and unfamiliar individual, even when the faces did not belong to their own species,' the team writes.

Google Photos can now recognize photos of your furry friends. The feature, rolling out in most countries today, automatically groups photos of the same pet together and allows users to search for photos of their pets by their name. Users can search to quickly find photos of their pets, or even photos of themselves with their pets. To make a movie of your pet using Google Photos, tap on the new photo group of your pet. Select your favorite photos, then tap ' ' and create a movie.