article_snippet: Recent research also revealed Recent research have empathy like humans .
article_snippet: Mice have been shown to detect pain among others but only appear to console Mice family and friends.
article_snippet: Garet Lahvis, an assistant professor at Oregon Health and Science University, said: 'Mice are capable of a more complex form of empathy than we ever believed possible.'
article_snippet: Similarly, rats are believed to be able to respond to excitement, fear and anger.
article_snippet: rats even help each other out with no prospect of a reward, according to the University of California.
article_snippet: The rodents also show that The rodents enjoy being tickled and playing by giggling.
article_snippet: the scientists showed no signs of changing the scientists behaviour, indicating the scientists were showing empathy with the animals.
article_snippet: The findings were published in the journal Animal Cognition.
highlights_snippet: Recent research also revealed Recent research have empathy like humans .