Interesting Tidbits About Horses
Aazdak Alisimo
Before oil came along, horses were the main source of transportation in the world. In many parts of the planet, they are still the main source for moving things around. While you probably realize this, how well do you really know horses?
Any kind of mark, which appears on the forehead of a horse, is called a star, irrespective of whether it resembles one!
Depending on breed, management and environment, the domestic horse today has a life expectancy of 25 to 30 years. It is uncommon, but a few horses live into their 40s.
A breed of horses called Akhal-Teke from Russia can go for days without water or food.
Most of the time, a horse has monocular vision. This means a different image is seen by each eye so that a horse is seeing two different pictures at the same time. A horse can also have binocular vision. Binocular vision is when both eyes work together to see one picture (humans have binocular vision). A horse only has binocular vision when it is looking down its nose.
Horses are prey animals with a well-developed fight-or-flight instinct. Their first response to threat is to startle and usually flee, although they are known to stand their ground and defend themselves or their offspring in cases where flight is not possible, or when their young are threatened.
A horse is usually not considered to be a horse until it is 5 years old. Before that, males are known as colts and females are known as fillies. However, it is still acceptable to call a colt or filly a horse.
A horse's upper jaw is wider than its lower jaw. During normal chewing sharp edges or points frequently form along the outside edge of the upper teeth and the inside edge of the lower teeth due to the uneven grinding surface created by the different width of the jaws.
A horse is a herbivore with a digestive system adapted to a forage diet of grasses and other plant material, consumed regularly throughout the day, and so they have a relatively small stomach but very long intestines to facilitate a steady flow of nutrients.
Horses are herd animals, with a clear hierarchy of rank, led by a dominant animal. Horses are also social creatures who are able to form companionship attachments to their own species and to other animals, including humans.
Horses have a good sense of memory, if you'v been with the same horse for a long time, they will remember you, but if you havent, they usually wont remember you
China not only has the most people in the world, but also has the most Horses with 10,000,000
All horses, regardless of when they were actually born, are considered to have a common birthday of January 1. This is one of the reasons most horsemen don't like their foals to be born late in the year: Even if a foal is born on December 31st he or she will have their first birthday the very next day.
Aazdak Alisimo writes about http://www.horseridingboardingstables.com/ horse boarding and other issues for HorseRidiingBoardingStables.com.
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