Geese have a lot of drama. Not only do these animals deal with jealousy and retribution, but they also apparently have arch-rivals. While scientists have known that, they haven’t been fully aware of how the geese tell each other apart. Now, thanks to the work of an AI facial recognition system, we finally know that geese can recognize different faces. The breakthrough came after Sonia Kleindorfer became director of the Konrad Lorenz Research Center for Behavior and Cognition in Vienna, Austria.
To fully understand how the previously mentioned goose drama plays out, they used the photos to see if the geese could recognize other geese. The researchers found that not only could they recognize the photos of their partners and friends, but they couldn’t recognize their own image, since they don’t see reflections easily.