With new research shedding light on dog and tortoise behavior, Inverse’s Sarah Wells and Nina Pullano discuss why facial recognition is important to both social and solitary species across the animal kingdom.  

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• https://www.inverse.com/science/dogs-dont-like-your-face

• https://www.inverse.com/science/tortoise-face-recognition-study

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