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There is no other feeling in the world like riding a horse. If you’ve never had the pleasure of riding a horse, you don’t know what you’re missing!
Here are some very interesting facts about horses:
- A foal is a young horse that is either male or female.
- A horse is measured in units known as hands. One hand is equal to four inches.
- Adult female horses have 36 teeth. Adult male horses have between 40 to 44 teeth.
- A horse’s upper jaw is wider than its lower jaw.
- A colt is a young male horse that is four years or younger. A filly is a young female horse that is four years or younger.
- A horse’s age can usually be determined by its teeth.
- Dam is a term given to a mare when she becomes a mother.
- Sire is a term given to a stallion when he becomes a father.
- Horses have monocular vision which means that they can see a different image by both eyes. In other words, they can see two different images at once.
- Horses have better vision at night than humans.
- A horse is a herbivore meaning it feeds on plants.
- Horses produce approximately ten gallons of saliva a day.
- A mule is a cross between a male donkey and a female horse.
- A hinny is a cross between a male horse and a female donkey.
- Horses cannot breathe through their mouths.
- Any marking on a horse’s forehead is called a star whether it is shaped like a star or not.
- There is a breed of horse from Russia called Akhal-Teke that can go for days without food or water.
- Horses are in the same family as zebras, mules and donkeys.
- A yearling is a foal after its first birthday.
- A mare is pregnant for eleven months.
- A horse’s average lifespan is twenty to thirty years.
- There are more than 350 breeds of horses.
- A horse’s normal body temperature is 100-101 degrees.
- Horses cannot vomit.
- Horses can sleep standing up.
- There are approximately 75 million horses in the world.
- The horse that had the starring role as Mr. Ed in the 1960’s television series by the same name was a golden palamino.
- The Celts regarded the horse as a sacred animal.
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