25 Fun Facts About Horses You Probably Didn’t Know
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Published 2023-02-09
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25. Horses Sleep Standing Up
24. Equine Have the Largest Eyes Amongst Land Mammals
23. Males Have 40 Teeth While Females Have 36
22. Horses Can’t Breathe Through Their Mouths
21. Horses Are Incapable of Vomiting or Burping
20. Horses Have Lightning-Fast Reflexes
19. Horses are Herd Animals
18. Horses Produce 10 Gallons of Saliva Every Day
17. Horses Were Domesticated More Than 3,000 Years Ago
16. The Tallest Horse Was 7 Feet and 2 Inches Tall
15. A Horse’s Brain Weighs Half of a Human’s
14. Foals Wear Fairy Slippers When They’re Born
13. Horses Have Nearly 360 Degree Vision
12. Horses Are Smarter Than You Think
11. The Earliest Horse Lived 55 Million Years Ago
10. In Wilbur, Washington, it is Illegal to Ride an Ugly Horse
9. The Oldest Horse in the World Was 62 Years Old
8. The Fastest Horse Sprint Speed is 55MPH/88.5KPH
7. Wild Horses No Longer Exist
6. The Most Expensive Horse Was Sold For $70m
5. Horses are Close Relatives to Rhinos
4. The Sorraia is the Rarest Horse Breed
3. Horses Can Grow Mustaches
2. Twin Horses Are Extremely Rare
1. Horses Have Been Successfully Cloned Before
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All Comments (21)
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Fact: horses have developed some facial muscles to imitate human facial expressions.
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Horses may not be quite as intelligent as dogs, but they are far more intelligent than most owners, and usually turn their owner into an obedient servant.
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Fact 25 should say that horses can sleep either standing OR lying down. Some horses definitely do sleep lying down.
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Horses were domesticated at least 9,000 yrs ago, as ancient graves have been discovered with human & horse remains buried together,,,in Saudi Arabia, dated at .. 9,000 yrs old.
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While the 1st horse was cloned in 2003, several hundred horses have been cloned since then.
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But they will sleep laying down . I know people whose mouths are bigger than their brains !
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There does not exist something like an ugly horse!!!
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WOW!!!!!!!!!
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Wow, cute and interesting
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Nice informative and follows followable ❤ PAKISTAN
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potoooooooo My favorite horse story here
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Just as Faithful and even better then dogs a lot of times. 🤦♀️ where did this guy come up with Some of this??
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Horses sleep lying down.... They can only reach rem sleep lying down. They only doze off when standing because their hips lock into place
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Incorrect discriptions
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Horses do not salivate in order to stay hydrated. They produce so much saliva because they are designed to graze virtually all day long and need saliva to begin the digestion process.
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there’s no ugly horse
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Arabians are the smartest breed like a dog and there is no such thing as an ugly horse
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Ro bot narra. tion it is. so great to listen. to? 😬🙄
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Fact 12 ain’t even a fact.
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Evolution is bunk. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth...
