Red Dead Redemption 2’s Hosea was a life-long swindler that retired from gunslinging and instead devised all of the Van der Linde gang’s schemes. He was a wise mastermind that always looked for a way to make a quick buck. That’s why his grey Turkoman horse, Silver Dollar, was so Read more…
Answer: Yes, but they cannot see in absolute pitch darkness… Horses have excellent night vision. Horse eyes are large, they have a large pupil, and this allows ample amount of light to enter even in dark situations. On a night lit by a partial moon or stars, horses can see Read more…
The Importance of Respiration When a horse is running, its breathing and stride are linked in a 1:1 ratio, so for every stride they take, they also take one breath. The peak airflow they generate is very high (about 80 liters per second). Thus, a very small defect in the Read more…
Horses hold their breath over jumps and do not breathe again until they land; then, they begin by exhaling or breathing out. Do horses get out of breath when running? They have to breathe in and out with their stride. As they become oxygen deficient, they have to breathe more Read more…
Equestrian riders often travel overseas with their horses for events every year. It should come as no shock that horses have to travel by plane, just like people. But they are loaded into stalls that are then loaded onto cargo planes. How do Olympic horses get to Japan? Turns out, Read more…
about 1700-1550 BC. Horses were introduced into Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period (about 1700-1550 BC). The earliest remains of horses are a few bones from Avaris and the skeleton of a horse found at Buhen. The Buhen remains date to the early Second Intermediate Period, but this date is Read more…
Some people in Russia and Asia have been drinking mare’s milk for more than 2,500 years. They turn it into a drink called kumis, or fermented mare’s milk. Kumis started off as a drink to help heal many health problems, like digestive issues and tuberculosis, and is said to taste Read more…
Polyorchidism is the incidence of more than two testicles. It is a very rare congenital disorder, with fewer than 200 cases reported in medical literature and six cases (two horses, two dogs and two cats) in veterinary literature. Can there be 3 testes? Polyorchidism, or more than one testicle in Read more…
Japan. Most Japanese horses are descended from Chinese and Korean imports, and there was some cross-breeding with indigenous horses which had existed in Japan since the Stone Age. How did they get the horses to Japan? A whopping 19 airplanes and 185 truck journeys were commissioned to transport the top-flight Read more…
Occasionally mares that are not pregnant start producing milk. One cause for this is abnormal hormone production from one of the hormone producing glands in the body (i.e. secondary to Cushing’s Disease) and is sometimes due to a tumour forming in that gland, but not always. What does it mean Read more…