| Horse facts are simply fascinating. Despite the fact | | | | particularly likes to eat short, juicy grass. They also eat |
| that horses play a big role in human culture, a lot of | | | | hay. Working horses are usually fed a healthy diet |
| people do not know much about them. Given below | | | | which consists of barley, oats, maize, bran, chaff, |
| are some of the most interesting facts about horses | | | | processed pony nuts, and more. If you happen to have |
| that most of us are not aware of. | | | | a horse, this is one of the important horse facts you |
| The horse is one of the very few animals that have | | | | need to keep in mind. |
| both monocular vision and binocular vision. What this | | | | Unlike animals like goats, bison, sheep, deer, moose, |
| means is that it is not only capable of seeing the same | | | | camels, and elk, horses do not have multiple digestive |
| thing with both its eyes like humans do, but also | | | | chambers. They have just one stomach, which is |
| capable of seeing two different things at the same | | | | relatively small in size when compared to the overall |
| time with its eyes if it wants to. | | | | size of their body. This is why horses do not eat a lot |
| It is often said that you should not try to walk directly | | | | in one stretch. They eat little and often to be able to |
| behind a horse. Do you know why? It is because the | | | | digest the food easily. |
| horse cannot turn its head completely and see directly | | | | One of the most fascinating horse facts is that more |
| behind itself. It is what they call its blind spot. So, if you | | | | than 350 breeds of horses are known to us today. |
| walk up right behind it, it might get scared and might | | | | They are broadly classified into four groups light |
| kick you. The kick of a horse, needless to say, can be | | | | horses, heavy horses, shire ponies, and Caspian ponies. |
| extremely powerful and can cause very serious | | | | The height of a horse is usually not measured in feet. It |
| injuries. This is one of the most important horse facts | | | | is measured in special units called hands. One hand |
| you need to remember. | | | | equals four inches. A fully grown, adult horse should be |
| A male horse is called stallion and a female horse is | | | | at least 14 hands tall. If it is shorter, it is usually not |
| called mare. Colt is what they call the younger version | | | | considered a horse, but a pony. |
| of a male horse and filly is what they call the younger | | | | A baby horse or foal can stand up and start walking |
| version of a female horse. Similarly, a baby horse is | | | | within just one or two hours of birth. Within three or |
| called a foal. | | | | four years, it turns into fully grown, mature, adult horse. |
| The horse, as most of you probably already know, is | | | | This again is one of the interesting horse facts that not |
| an herbivore and likes to feed on plant matter. It | | | | many people are aware of. |