subject: Horses Are Very Strong As Well As Fast Animals. [print this page] The horse is a hooved mammalThe horse is a hooved mammal. It is a category of the family equidae.
Humans began to control horses around 4000 BCE and most horses today are domesticated.
The only remaining true wild horse is the Pizewalskis horse. This variety is rare. More common populations of horses like feral horses too, live in the wild. Nevertheless they are descended from domesticated ancestors. Read more Punktrenovering
Horses are supposed to have a strong fight or flight nature. They are able to sleep both standing and lying down.
Female horses are called mares. Mares carry their young for about 11 months.
A young horse is called a foal. A foal can stand and run shortly succeeding birth.
Domesticated horses start training under saddle or in harness between the ages two and four.
By age five horses reach full adult development. The regular lifespan of a horse is about 25 to 30 years.
Horse breeds are divided in to three categories, based on general disposition. The three groups are hot bloods , cold bloods and warm bloods. Hot bloods are spirited with swiftness and endurance. Cold bloods are suitable for slow heavy work. Draft horses and some ponies fits to this category. Read more Solvarme Esbjerg
Warm bloods are developed from crosses between hot bloods and cold bloods. These warm bloods are developed habitually focusing on creating breeds for specific riding purposes chiefly in Europe.
There are over 300 kinds of horses in the world today, developed for different purposes.
Many products are derived from horse counting meat, milk, hide, hair, and bone. Apart from these pharmaceuticals are extracted from the urine of pregnant mares.
Added to the food, water and shelter that human beings deliver for horses, attention from specialists such as veterinarians and farriers must be given.
The oldest horse which lived in modern times was Sugar puff who had been itemized in the Guinness book of world records as the oldest living pony Sugar puff died in 2007 at an age of 56 years.
Nevertheless the oldest verifiable record was Old Billy a 19th century horse that lived to the age of 62.
A very rough estimate of a horses age can be made by looking at its teeth.
The horses senses are generally higher to those of a human. Read more Vognmand Roskilde
Horses hold the largest eyes of all mammals.
A fully grown horse will eat about 7 11 Kg of food per day and drink around 38 - 45 liters of water.
