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Horses - An Overview
Horses are amazing animals and the backbone of many of the advances we humans made before the industrial revolution. That being said, most of us know little about them. Here is an overview of this beautiful and amazing creature.
The horse is a large odd-toed ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the family Equidae.
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.
Depending on maturity, breed and the tasks expected, young horses are usually put under saddle and trained to be ridden between the ages of two and four.
Most of the time, wherever a horse's ear points is where the horse is looking. If the ears are pointing in different directions, the horse is looking at two different things at the same time. There are exceptions to this. For example, if a horse has its ears pinned back against its neck in anger, this does not mean it is looking backwards with both eyes.
Horses require approximately two and a half hours of sleep, on average, in a 24-hour period. Most of this sleep occurs in many short intervals of about 15 minutes each.
Horses height is measured in units known as hands. One hand is equal to 4 inches. A horse is usually considered to be 14.2 (14 hands, 2 inches) or taller when mature. Anything under 14.2 when mature is usually considered to be a pony.
The interdental space is an area in a horse's mouth, both on the upper and lower jaws, where there is not any teeth. This area is between the front teeth and the back teeth. When a horse is bridled, the interdental space is where the bit rests. On the bottom jaw, most horsemen refer to this area of bare gums as the bars.
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.
Horse meat has been used as food for animals and humans throughout the ages. It is eaten in many parts of the world and is an export industry in the United States and other countries.
The average horse's heart weighs approximately 9 or 10 pounds. The great American racehorse Secretariat had a heart estimated during his autopsy to weigh 21 pounds, though the heart was not weighed.
China not only has the most people in the world, but also has the most Horses with 10,000,000
A mule is a cross between a male donkey and a female horse. Mules are usually sterile.
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Aazdak Alisimo writes about horse boarding and other issues for HorseRidiingBoardingStables.com.
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