Interesting facts about horses

Understanding human language, recognizing people and remember commands for 10 years apart, sleeping in three-legged posture, eyes can be seen day and night, not chewing . are interesting facts about horses .

Horses are wise animals, very loved by humans. Although the relationship between people and horses has existed since ancient times, there are still many interesting facts about horses that not everyone knows.

Sleep in three-legged posture

Horse sleeping habits are far different from other animals, including humans. The horse usually rests in a standing position, the weight accumulates on the front legs and a hind leg, the other leg relaxes. According to Dr. Joe Bertone - Professor of Horse Medicine at Western Veterinary University (USA) - horses will only lie down when they feel safe. However, this time is very short because too much body weight will put pressure on the internal organs of the horse when lying down.

Guess the age through teeth

Scientists at the University of Arkansas (USA) said that although not 100% accurate but by examining teeth, we can predict the approximate age of a horse without knowing the date of birth.

Young horses usually have 4 front teeth (2 upper jaws, 2 lower jaws). If not, after 8 days they will grow. Eight weeks later, horses began to develop molars and about 8 months old, they grew enough of their teeth. After that, the baby teeth fall out gradually and by about 2.5 years of age, they will grow their front teeth permanently. 5 years old, the horse will have enough permanent teeth.

Baby teeth are usually pale, shorter than permanent teeth. In 6-year-old horses, their incisors often look like a small cup and they fill up over time.

By about 10 years of age, the gum area next to the jaw teeth will grow into a part called the Galvayne groove . This trench reaches half the length of the tooth when the horse reaches 15 years old. Male horses usually have 40 teeth, while mares have only 36 teeth.

There are many words to call

Depending on age and gender, horses are called by many names in English as follows:

Foal : Pony, male or female, under 1 year old.

The suckling pony, from birth to about 5 months, also known as suckling or nursing foal, from 5 to 7 months when starting to eat, is called weanling.

Yearling : Horse from 1 to 2 years old, male or female.

Colt : Bulls under 4 years old.

Filly : Young horses under 4 years old.

Gelding : Bulls are castrated.

Stallion : Bulls (not castrated) over 4 years old.

Mare : Mares over 4 years old

Thoroughbred : Horse racing.

Height is always measured by hand

The horse height measures from the soil to the top of the shoulder bone (between the neck and the torso), often using measuring units as "hand", since ancient times people used the width of their hands to measure horses. Today, a standardized "hand" is about 4 inches, 10.16 cm long.

See all day and night

The horse has the largest eye among mammals, the eyes on both sides should have a wide vision (see) more than 350 °, the eyes are clear and clear at night as well as at night. However, horse eyes are dichromatic, which is only determined when the color contains no more than two spectra (spectral lights). Therefore, horses do not distinguish between red and blue, which contain red spectrum, the horse is blurred with blue.

Not ruminant

The horse is a herbivore that doesn't chew because its stomach doesn't have as many compartments as other cattle. Even so, it is still capable of digesting cellulose. Horses often produce about 20-80 liters of saliva every day to support digestion. In particular, horses cannot vomit, so when poisoning can die easily.

Loyal and smarter than we think

A study published in Animal Behavior Magaztreen said that if you are kind to horses, horses can become the most faithful and longest-lasting friend. This study also shows that horses can understand human language more than we think. Their memory is quite good. They remember the face after a long time away and remember the command for 10 years or longer.