Horseshoe crabs lay huge numbers of eggs. In a single nest, there can be up to 4,000 eggs, and each female will make more than one nest. In a single season, one female horseshoe crab might lay 88,000 eggs! How many eggs can horseshoe crabs lay? During spawning, the female Read more…
While trilobites disappeared at the end of the Paleozoic era, horseshoe crabs survived several mass extinctions including the K-T event that killed off the dinosaurs 65 million years ago and the most recent ice age! How did horseshoe crabs survive extinction? Synopsis: Most living things adapt over time, but horseshoe Read more…
Horseshoe crabs are also extremely important to the biomedical industry because their unique, copper-based blue blood contains a substance called “Limulus Amebocyte Lysate”, or “LAL”. Why is horseshoe crab blood copper based? Horseshoe crabs use a copper-based molecule called hemocyanin to distribute oxygen. In nature, copper turns things blue or Read more…
Use the dedicated button to blow the Spectral Steed Whistle and you will see your character jump up on the horse. So, there’s no specific button you need to press to get on the horse, just blow the whistle. You can dismount the horse by pressing the L3 button. How Read more…
Here’s my take on “the hole.” All horses have this “hole”. Behind and a little above the eye is a “pocket” of fat that acts as a shock absorber and the hole is someplace for the pocket of fat to go when blunt force is applied to the eye. So Read more…
The standard guidance in the absence of radiographs is to use the live sole plane in the heel triangle as a guide, and trim the heels to about 1/8″ inch above the sole plane. Should a horses sole touch the ground? What many people may not realize is that improperly Read more…
Hoof dressings are ‘reputed’ to be beneficial to the growth and overall health of the wall of a horse’s hoof wall. Others are promoted on the basis that they remedy cracks and prevent moisture loss. Some even go so far as saying they prevent laminitis. What does hoof dressing do Read more…
off-track Thoroughbred. An off-track Thoroughbred is a horse that was bred and trained to be a racehorse and is now not an active racehorse. Many OTTBs are registered with The Jockey Club. The Jockey Club is the breed registry for Thoroughbred horses in North America. An OTTB competing at a Read more…
As long as a horse is not shivering, has hay, water, shelter and is in good body condition, outdoor living is perfectly fine. If your horse lives in a stall, be sure to provide a chance to exercise and stretch, along with plenty of fresh air! Do horses prefer to Read more…
Approximately 14kgs in weight • Ideal length 3.6m or 4m long. Ideally 100mm in diameter. Paint rails (same colours and patterns) in sets of 4 or 5 • Paint one set of 8 rails all the same colour and pattern for use in a double or treble. Notes: If you Read more…