Cool Horse Facts!?

Question

Make them unique about anything...advanced facts plz!

Answer 1

The Horse belongs to the Equus Family. Equus comes from the ancient Greek word meaning "QUICKNESS"

One of the first horses was called a Hyracotherium. It lived about 50 million years ago and was as tall as a fox. It had toes! This horse changed over millions of years to become a modern horse.

Did you know that the Pliohippus was the first ancestor of the horse to have hoofs?

The world's horse population is estimated at 75,000,000.

There are over 350 different breeds of horses and ponies.

The longest tail measured was 22ft long was grown by an American Palomino named Chinook

The longest mane was 18 ft long and grown by a Californian mare named Maude

Horses have "2BLIND SPOTS". One is directly behind them and the other is directly in front of them.

A horse's "HEART WEIGHS" about 10 pounds!

The average horse's HEAD WEIGHS 11.84 pounds

You can tell how old a horse is by how many teeth it has. A horse gets all of its teeth by the time it is five years old. After that, they just get longer.

Horses can communicate how they are feeling by their facial expressions. They use their ears, nostrils, and eyes to show their moods. Beware of a horse that has flared nostrils and their ears back. That means it might attack!

Most foals are born at night under the cover of darkness and away from prying eyes and possible danger.

In the wild horse world, the mare decides when and where the herd will go while the stallion follows.

"LAST PRIMARY ANIMAL" to be domesticated.

Horses can drink up to ten gallens of water a day

It's impossible to predict a horse's color from the foal coat color. They generally will go through several color changes. The color finally becomes "fixed" around two years of age.

Horses expend more energy lying down than they do when they are standing up!

with his long limbs and large heart and lungs, the horse is designed for galloping. Jumping is not a natural activity for horses and left to their own devices most will go around obstructions.

China not only has the most people in the world, but also has the most Horses with 10,000,000

There is no such thing as a white horse. They are all called gray horses because they have little black and white hairs that combine to make them look white. Horses which are white with pink eyes, a pink mouth, and pink ears are called albino.

Horses cannot vomit.

HIPPOPHOBIA - Fear of horses.

EQUINOPHOBIA - Fear of horses.

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds re ceived in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

Horses cannot breathe through their mouths. That's why you'll never see one panting like a dog.