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Horse
* All horse flies overwinter as larvae.
* All horses are herbivores
  - mammals All horses thus far observed have been mammals
  - develop degenerative joint disease soon or later- some sooner than later
* All horses have a potential for muscle soreness
  - an infinite number of legs
  - gaits
  - infinitely many legs
  - internal parasites
* All horses require a good, clean source of fresh water daily for normal physiological function
  - hay to allow for normal activity of the digestive tract
* Any horse surviving the disease almost always has long term brain damage.
* Every horse has an infinite number of legs
  - one more tail than no horse
* Every horse is descended from ancestors who spent their lives roaming
  - of royal heritage
  - possesses two color genes, having received one gene from each parent
* Make horses out of cardboard boxe.
* Many horses also begin to run if they feel imbalance at the trot or canter
  - appear to have something wrong with their mouths or throats when infected
* Many horses are good work animals, especially for farming
  - happiest living on pasture
  - stoic, but any horse's attitude is affected by pain or discomfort
  - can have routine dental exams and maintenance work done without sedation
* Many horses carry more weight on one side of the foot than the other because of their conformation
  - the gene, but are normal
  - change their balance and ability to bend around the corners after they are saddled
  - develop permanent lung damage after consuming moldy or dusty hay
  - experience colic, or abdominal discomfort
  - face wear and tear from rapid growth, aging, training, and competition
* Many horses have a positive test for fecal occult blood
  - sharp edges, which require floating of the whole tooth surface
  - white markings on their faces
* Many horses live in urban areas, with urban water supplies
  - on large, flat plains, like the Russian steppes, or the North American prairies
  - with poor gaits, or even bad attitudes, from old holding patterns
  - prefer to have shelter in inclement weather
  - suffer from misaligned vertebrae in their necks, backs, and ribs
* Most horses adapt to diets
  - domestication
  - environments
  - adjust quickly and learn to swallow safely
  - appreciate having their eyes rubbed and the bug-bitten hollow of the jaw scratched
* Most horses are five years or younger
  - given grain twice a day for the convenience of their human caretakers
  - passed around throughout their life
  - too large for snakes to kill
  - avoid predators
  - belong to people
  - benefit from food
* Most horses carry genes
  - rider weight
  - riders
* Most horses chew food
  - vegetation
  - come to environments
* Most horses consume clover
  - white clover
  - descend from ancestors
* Most horses develop dental problems
  - metabolic problems
  - skin
  - teeth
  - vestigial teeth
  - dislike getting that close to other animals, fearing retaliation
  - do well on a diet of Alfalfa and Timothy Hay
  - drink gallons
* Most horses eat bales
  - fruit
  - grass
  - meals
  - moldy hay
  - plants
  - prairie grass
  - straw
  - enjoy their baths, but some dislike getting their faces washed
  - excrete urine
  - exhibit fear
  - gain weight
  - get nutrients
  - give birth to horses
* Most horses graze in environments
  - fields
  - ground
  - habitats
  - meadows
  - regions
  - valleys
  - lush pasture
  - on grass
* Most horses grow cells
* Most horses has-part bones
  - brains
  - feet
  - glands
  - hoofs
  - limbs
  - organs
  - shoulders
  - stomachs
* Most horses have antibodies
  - black tails
  - blue eyes
  - breeds
  - curves
  - energy
  - expectancy
  - extensive ranges
  - fur
  - heads
  - healthy diets
  - hind legs
  - horseshoes
  - inherent senses
  - intestines
  - large intestines
  - life expectancy
  - lips
  - milk teeth
  - muscles
  - night vision
  - partial vision
  - prehensile lips
  - regular diets
* Most horses have sensitive lips
  - sore feet
  - trainers
  - improve when the potassium content in the diet is decreased
  - lead life
  - lift heads
* Most horses live in areas
  - barns
  - diverse environments
  - groups
  - herds
  - many diverse environments
* Most horses live on diets
  - farms
  - love grass
* Most horses maintain body weight
* Most horses make antibodies
  - obtain ample amounts of fiber from the forages they consume
  - play in fields
* Most horses possess a side that is stiffer than the other
  - chromosomes
  - coats
  - hair
  - heartbeats
* Most horses reach adulthood
  - height
  - recover from ailment
* Most horses require blood
  - see a decrease in activity levels during cold weather
  - seem to prefer to place sightly more weight in one side of the body than the other
* Most horses share ancestors
  - ecosystems
  - show some inability to eat normally or swallow normally
  - sit in fields
* Most horses stand in fields
  - on legs
  - suffer from thirsts
  - urinate in their paddocks or pastures
* Most horses walk on feet
  - wear their hooves off at the same rate that it grows and minimal trimming is needed
  - weigh lbs
* Some horses are descended from animals
  - domesticate animals
* Some horses are located at environments
* Some horses are located on farms
  - islands
  - member of families
  - more nervous, with an abundance of energy
* Some horses are more prone to fly bites than others
  - losing shoes than others
  - pawing
  - sensitive to certain drugs, vaccines, pollens, etc., just as humans are
  - suited to certain types of work because of their specific attributes
  - natural pasture potatoes
  - naturally calm, others extremely active
  - never again able to graze on grass
  - owned by kings
  - tall, long, angular and lighter muscled
  - turned out in a natural setting during the winter or when retired from work
  - very attached to their stable or herd mates
* Some horses avoid cause metabolic problems
* Some horses bite mammals
  - bleed severely and regularly, with blood leaking from their nostrils
  - break legs
* Some horses can become hyperactive when they are deficient in certain minerals and vitamins
  - have thousands and live normal lives
* Some horses carry people
  - viruses
  - women
* Some horses cause deterioration
  - rapid deterioration
  - completely shed the fine hair of their mane and tail during the summer
  - consume proteins
  - cross lakes
  - demonstrate signs of systemic illness, such as depression, inappetence, and fever
  - depend on people
* Some horses develop bog spavins
  - habits
  - heel bulb contraction
  - sharp edges on their jaw teeth which can make eating uncomfortable
  - die from injuries
  - dislike being tied and are known as halter pullers
* Some horses don t like their ears, feet or mouth touched
  - run fast
  - draw chariots
* Some horses eat fields
  - grain mites
  - leaves
  - pellets
  - seeds
  - engage in the injurious behavior of self-mutilation
  - enjoy sleeping in beds
  - enter water
  - escape animals
  - even become dangerous as their headshaking takes on an obsessive and violent form
  - evolve over years
  - exposed to the virus develop acute symptoms and die within two to three weeks
* Some horses feed diets
  - high energy diets
  - get tapeworms
  - go through periods of apathy, energy loss and sleepiness before recovering completely
* Some horses graze clover
  - in forests
* Some horses have a genetic defect that prevents their front incisors from matching
  - habit of dropping feed in their water buckets
  - more efficient metabolic function than others, requiring less feed
  - pasture to pick at a weed or two
  - very strong tendency to perform better when turning towards their preferred side
  - better binocular vision because their eyes are set closer together
  - blindness
  - bridles
  - complete paralysis
  - fairies tangled in their manes
  - fevers
  - fleshy, protruding soles that seem overly sensitive
  - hoof problems
  - inflammation
  - instinct
  - intestinal surgery
  - myocardial necrosis
  - pairs
  - persistent blindness
  - pouches
  - respiratory problems
  - shiny coats
* Some horses have small hooves relative to their body size, or weight
  - hurt themselves by biting or kicking the abdomen with their hindlegs
  - intermittently have trouble breathing during exercise
  - keep hoofs
  - lift tails
  - like to untie things
  - live beyond weeks
* Some horses live in habitats
  - stalls
  - woodlands
* Some horses live on grassland
  - rations
  - to be fifty, though mares live less long
  - lose weight
* Some horses love to race
  - rub on the rough surface, though, resulting in patches of lost hair
* Some horses make bonds
  - their livings by working on hard surfaces every day
* Some horses migrate to countries
  - move chariots
  - occupy vegetation
  - pass through life stages
* Some horses perform exercise tests
  - jobs
  - play in farms
* Some horses possess organisms
  - saddles
  - pull chariots
  - raise horses
  - receive genes
  - regurgitate food
* Some horses require balance
  - ongoing medication for their health and well being
  - protein intake
  - resemble animals
  - resist eating psyllium
  - run with pads between their feet and the shoes to cushion impact
  - shed bacteria
* Some horses stand in barns
  - on roads
  - suffer from disorder
  - thrive in pasture
  - tie up when they become excited, at a show, breeding, or traveling
* Some horses transmit parasites
  - sound
* Some horses use fermentation
  - lasers
  - microbial fermentation
  - walk on bones
* absorb protein in the form of amino acids directly into their small intestines.
* acquire speed by running, and men become great by doing.
* adapt to climates
* add body fat from front to rear and top to bottom.
* agglutinins in infectious mononucleosis.
* allow cowboys to travel over rangelands quickly and keep up with moving livestock.
* also are creatures of habit.
* also can contract encephalitis from mosquitoes
  - develop various infectious diseases that can be prevented by routine vaccination
  - get eye problems, such as fungal diseases, trauma inflammation in the eye
  - pick up diseases from birds that share their housing
  - suffer negative effects with over-selection for both physical and behavioral traits
  - come to recognize each other by scent as well as by sight
  - express allergy through both the skin and respiratory tract, in about equal proportions
  - feature in the Yakut calendar
* also have good dark vision compared to humans
  - greater endurance and can work two hours longer per day in the fields
  - much better night vision than humans
  - poor depth perception when only using one eye
  - to be tamed
  - hydrate their hoves by drinking water
  - pace, which means they move both legs on the same side at the same time
  - require their teeth to be floated, once or twice a year
  - suffer tick worry and loss of blood from cattle tick infestation
* also use smell as part of their complicated social structure
  - their stay apparatus while they're awake to minimize fatigue due to standing
  - vary in body build, from slender through compact to stocky
* appear in many paintings and sculptures.
* are a common means of transportation
  - potent symbol from almost every world religion and mythology
  - prey species that live with the danger of being eaten by their predator enemies
* are a symbol of male sexuality
  - prestige
  - way of life, as well as an industry, in the horse capitol of the world
  - able to run long distances at a fast pace
  - accustomed to social order and willingly follow the rules of that society
  - active and prone to injuries
* are also a food commodity in some countries
  - able to smell the fear scent that is given off by humans
  - at increased risk of thrombophlebitis
  - more likely to colic after deworming which can interfere with horse activities
  - sensitive to the virus, as well as people
  - susceptible to laminitis , a disease of the lamina of the hoof
  - an example of a species in which the transition is fairly deep, and so are rats
* are an important part of Maryland's economy
  - our lives
* are animals and they have a brain
  - for enjoyment, recreation, and sport
* are animals of movement
  - at the greatest risk for joint injury
  - athletes with a relatively long life span
  - bands
  - beautiful animals, and even more so when they are grazing in lush beautiful pastures
  - best able to digest higher quality forages when compared to ruminants
  - big and they are supposed to eat a lot
  - born and age, and eventually do die
  - brown
* are capable of canters
  - drink water
  - pets
  - strong pair bond relationships
  - color blind
* are companion animals, just like dogs and cats
* are considered a prey species in the animal kingdom
  - abnormal hosts
  - resistant to chronic T. gondii infection
* are creatures of habit and respond positively to a regular schedule
  - who's primary means of defense is flight
  - with four legs
  - different because they are flight animals
  - domestic animals
  - emotionally sensitive animals, and they can tell whether their riders are confident
  - equines and cattle are bovines
* are especially susceptible to blister beetle poisoning
  - ionophore toxicity
  - essential for rounding up the large flocks of sheep
  - expensive animals to buy and maintain
  - extremely powerful animals and are capable of doing damage to any product
* are extremely sensitive and intuitive creatures
  - to fumonisins
* are extremely susceptible to molds, fungi, and other sources of toxic substances in forage
  - tetanus
  - far-sighted creatures who tend to look to the horizon
  - few in number since they are luxury animals, owned primarily by the wealthy
  - flight creatures
  - forage consumers, eating forages as either pasture or hay
  - found in almost every country in the world and every continent except Antarctica
  - genetically pre-programmed to react to horse actions in a specific manner
  - gentle, intelligent, caring animals
  - good animals to have as pets
  - grazers and prefer small quantities of food over a constant period of time
  - habit creatures, they learn by repetition and doing things over and over
  - heavy, living creatures capable of unexpected reactions to ANY condition
  - herbivores that have been used historically for agricultural work and transportation
* are herbivores, meaning they eat grass and other plants
  - or plant-eating animals
* are herd animals and do better with company
  - love the company of one another within a group
  - which live within a structured and ongoing pecking order
  - with a social hierarchy and a well-defined pecking order
* are herd animals, again related to prey-dom, meaning their survival is dependent on the herd
  - they understand things differently
  - high performance athletes with a catch
* are highly sensitive to slaframine, but clinical cases occur in cattle as well
  - social herd animals that prefer to live in a group
  - important and are mainly kept to help with the sheep
  - intellegent creatures
  - intensely social animals by nature and are predisposed to having social relationships
* are large and occasionally unpredictable and dangerous animals
  - animals with hearts to match
* are large, bulky animals that are good at conserving heat during periods of colder weather
  - powerful animals, easily capable of injuring a person
  - like dolphins - a symbol of freedom and power
  - located at farms
* are located in art
  - cartoons
  - cavalry
  - central parks
  - circus
  - countrysides
  - dude ranchs
  - engravings
  - fairs
  - fox hunts
  - gates
  - historical photographs
  - history
  - horse shows
  - movies
  - paddies
  - parades
  - pockets
  - race tracks
  - racetracks
  - suburbs
  - toy stores
  - trailers
  - western movies
  - westerns
  - zoos
* are mammals and thus feed their young through milk
  - in the same family as zebras, mules, and donkeys
* are more likely to injure themselves when they panic compared to cattle
  - susceptible to fireweed poisoning than cattle or sheep
  - most susceptible to the toxin, while sheep and cattle are more tolerant
* are much larger, much more powerful, and much faster than a human
  - taller and toes became hooves
* are natural guide animals and have been guiding humans for centuries
  - wanderers
  - naturally at their prime by adulthood
  - nearly blind compared to humans, but the gliding hawk sees twice what a human does
  - non-ruminant herbivores, which means that unlike cows, they have only a single stomach
  - nouns
* are often inapparent carriers
  - leary of unfamiliar things that are taller than they are
  - omnivores
* are one of the most wonderful and majestic creatures of all of creation
  - quickest animals on earth
  - pack animals
  - part of California's heritage and culture
* are particularly sensitive to cantharidin poisoning
  - horsetail poisoning
  - pattern animals
  - perhaps the most familiar working animal on ranches
* are physiologically and psychologically running animals
  - incapable of vomiting or regurgitating
  - plant-eaters
* are prey and humans are predators
  - probably one of the most medicated domestic animal species man owns
  - prone to respiratory problems that become more serious in winter
  - quadrupeds
  - resistant to it but can be carriers of the virus
* are selective grazers, eating a wide range of plants
  - which affects the productivity of a pasture
* are sensitive to people's moods and actions
  - pictorial depth cues
* are so powerful that they can start running even when they are just one hour old
  - sensitive that they can feel a fly land on their skin
* are social animals that naturally live in herds
  - animals, so there is potential for learning through interaction with other horses
  - creatures who readily bond to humans
  - herd animals that follow a leader and conform to a dominance hierarchy
  - somewhat different from other animals in the way their cock head works
* are still a big part of the economy
  - mode of transport for many in rural Cuba
  - popular means of transportation on all the main island groups
  - the primary mode of transportation
  - stoical animals
* are strong and beautiful animals
  - runners with long legs and hooves designed for running
  - superbly adapted herbivores
* are susceptible to a variety of gastrointestinal parasites
  - food allergies, just like humans
* are the equivalent of motorcycles to trials
  - main source of power and transportation
* are the most likely boarded animals to become infected with West Nile virus
  - sensitive of the domesticated animals to botulism
* are the only animals that have a mane, a flowing mane
  - common domestic animal whose primary defense is flight
  - primary means of transportation
  - soul of the nomadic cultures of both Tibet and Mongolia
  - standard for travel, and bartering has replaced currency
  - tough, but once they get wet with cold, they can experience hypothermia
  - unable to regurgitate food, except from the esophagus
  - unique in who they are for they are always horses, never something else
* are used all over the world to carry people and pull carts
  - as working animals, sports and leisure activities
* are used for breeding
  - companionship
  - horse racing
  - rides
  - riding
* are very active, curious, and excitable animals, which can often lead to their being injured
  - hard hooved whereas Australian native animals have soft pads
* are very sensitive and can have a variety of problems, both emotional and paranormal
  - they experience depression in the killer pens
* are very sensitive to changes in their surroundings and are schedule oriented
  - their surroundings, pasture mates, humans and daily routine
  - electricity, especially lightning
* are very social animals and live in
  - susceptible to colic or death from toxic materials in the feed
  - talented animals who can run fast for long distances
  - withheld feed when colic signs are referable to gastrointestinal disease
* are, by nature, consumers of forage.
* avoid enemies
* back riding, horse and horse related activities are inherently dangerous activities.
* become frightened easily at sudden movements, loud noises, and new objects.
* begin learning the day they are born
  - to put on their winter coat when daylight hours begin to shorten
* belong outside, in the sunlight and grass
* belong to the equus family which comes from the Greek word meaning quickness
* bite to play or assert their dominance.
* bleed when small capillaries that surround the lungs' air sacks rupture.
* can abscess teeth that crack, or loosen with advanced age
  - accidentally step on a person who has fallen to the ground
* can also be allergic to medications, either topical or internal
  - disappear following natural disasters such as hurricanes, fires, and floods
  - get energy from fats, but most natural horse feeds are low in fat
  - pull shoes by catching the heels on something and yanking off the shoe
  - work too hard for their bones
* can be dangerous and unpredictable
  - obstinate
  - become seriously ill, if infected
  - bolt when frightened
  - carry on multiple relationships at the same time
  - chew only one side on the mouth at a time
  - damage native vegetation and their behavior around others can be unpredictable
* can develop problem behaviors
  - summer sores, caused by stomach worms
  - die from colic
  - easily digest nonstructural carbohydrates, mostly in the small intestine
  - effectively graze kudzu, which is similar in protein and energy to immature graze hay
  - graze pure stands of alfalfa with possible laxative effects
  - have massive pinworm infections without exhibiting significant health problems
  - injure their hoofs, back or head
  - live a considerably long life
  - lose five to ten percent of their body weight during strenuous competition
  - only last for three days without water
  - outrun just about anything with legs
  - produce five times the volume of sweat per area of skin that a human can
  - read people's minds
* can reproduce later in life than humans can
  - throughout their lifetime
  - run shortly after birth
* can see well in the dark and besides, Hollywood does have lights
  - to either side, but have only a limited range of binocular vision
  - with each eye separately
* can sleep both lying down and standing up
  - standing up and lying down
  - while standing
  - symbolize coping under difficult circumstances
  - tolerate considerable cold if they can move around and are dry
  - transmit foot and mouth in a similar way to humans if in contact with the virus
  - typically walk, trot and canter
  - utilize some urea and actually are more resistant to urea toxicity than are ruminants
* can withstand cold weather rather well if dry, in good body condition and adequately fed
  - temperatures well below freezing as long as it is sunny and the air is still
* change so much as they grow.
  - in a sideways motion creating sharp edges to their teeth
  - their food by grinding their teeth from side to side
  - wheat
* come in all sorts sizes, shapes and colors
  - different shapes, temperaments and abilities, just like people
  - many colors but mostly black and brown
* communicate by body language and touch
  - nonverbally and people do that constantly
  - silently
* communicate with body language and are extremely observant and perceptive to change
  - each other by sight, vocalization, facial expressions, and body gestures
  - lush clover
* contains fire and earth.
* cross environments
* demonstrate both innate behaviors and learned behaviors.
* depend heavily on sweating to regulate body temperature.
* derive social pleasure from such things as ambling around together and reciprocal grooming.
* desire carrots
* develop antibodies naturally against the parasite
* do have two blind spots, however
  - ocasionally develop a mildly prolapsed anus following bouts of heavy diarrhea
  - vary in their pain thresholds, or how they tolerate pain
* drink between eight and twelve gallons of water a day
  - less water in cool weather or when on lush pasture , which has a higher water content
* eat a lot, but they don t devour their food
  - around two to three percent of their bodyweight per day
  - corn and wheat, and so do pigs, and cows and sheep eat corn and grass
* eat grass, hay, oats and apples
  - oats, barley and corn
  - the local wattles and can damage the bark on eucalypts
* eating hay Most animals are fed hay in two daily feedings, morning and evening.
* enjoy having their eyes, ears, nose, and mouth massaged.
* enter stalls.
* experience pain when flexing the hock and permanent lameness usually results.
* experiencing changes in environment or workloads are at high risk of intestinal dysfunction.
* feces well-known repository of tetanus.
* flee when they have fear.
* flies suck blood from livestock.
* forge when the hind shoe comes up and hits the bottom of the front foot.
* form ulcers in the stomach fairly commonly, a disease called equine gastric ulcer syndrome.
* frequently are active into their late twenties if they get proper care
  - bite themselves
* gain twelve additional permanent molars from one to three and a half years of age
* generally contact rabies from a wildlife source, often a bat, skunk, raccoon or fox
  - die from asphyxiation, which results from paralysis of respiratory muscles
  - eat pellets as easily as grain
  - get on well with other grazing animals
  - live in open fields or in the forest
  - present with signs of colic before developing profuse, watery, fetid diarrhea
  - receive bites on the muzzle , and cattle on their tongues and muzzles
  - sleep standing up, but spend some time lying down if they feel safe enough
* generate considerable heat during exercise.
  - sick and painful for as many reasons as people and all animals do
* go through many shades of grey while maturing
* go to farms
* grasp food using a combination of the lips, tongue and the teeth.
  - while walking slowly, pulling off a mouthful every few steps
* harnesses for heavy pulling.
* has a completely different method of depth perception.
* has-part asses
* have a band of muscle around the esophagus as it enters the stomach
  - basic instinct to form fixed friendship bonds with other members of their group
* have a good memory Horses usually are considered to have memories second only to elephants
* have a great capacity to adapt to environmental changes
  - many adaptations
  - harmonic rhythm
  - long tradition as political and philosophical symbols in the history of art
  - narrow, flowing mane
  - nibbling, grooming behavior that is too rough for tender human skin
  - small stomach, so feed little and often
  - spirit, a sixth sense
  - strong grazing instinct, preferring to spend most hours of the day eating forage
  - unique gift that only few animals have
  - universal language they use to communicate with each other
* have a very good sense of smell
  - large volume of blood
  - sensitive corneal response
* have an acute ability to detect movement
  - even number of legs
  - extensive and well understood fossil record with many species found in Oregon
  - extremely good sense of hearing
  - order of importance, or ranking, in the herd
  - as many characters, dispositions and moods as any other animal, including humans
  - bigger eyes than any other mammal that lives on land
  - chances
  - cost curves
  - definite relationships within their herd
  - emotions and memories which can produce quirks
  - energy requirements
  - excellent peripheral vision
  - eyes on the back of their heads
  - fairly low protein requirements in comparison with say a dog or cat
  - five senses but they are developed in a much different way than humans
  - high energy requirements
  - hoofed feet
  - keen senses of sight and hearing
  - long legs, compared to donkeys
  - much energy
  - only one stomach, as do humans
  - personalities just as humans do
  - powerful teeth and jaws to grind and break down plant fibers
  - pretty delicate digestive systems overall
* have produce antibodies
  - enough antibodies
  - several defense mechanisms in their lungs to help prevent infection
  - small stomachs so they can only eat a little bit at a time
  - tendencies to be calm or spooky due to nature and nurture
* have the ability to store fat in order to meet future needs for energy
  - largest eyes of any land mammal
  - potential for high reproductive performance
  - uncanny ability to find anything to hurt themselves on
  - their own body language
  - three incisors per quadrant
  - to work harder to maintain their internal body temperature when the thermometer plunges
* have unique behavior involving urination
  - minds and telepathic abilities
  - personalities, just like people do
  - various levels of sensitivity
* have very many adaptations to survive
  - sensitive digestive systems
  - zebra siblings, dolphins have porpoises and lions have tigers
* hear calls
  - masters
* help men.
* help people get all sorts of work done
  - hunt for food, too
* includes breasts
  - cannon bones
  - cell membranes
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - hip sockets
  - horse's feet
  - horsebacks
  - nuclei
  - piluses
  - plasma membranes
  - rib cages
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - vacuoles
* ingest plants.
* inhabit open areas such as grasslands, steppes, or semi-deserts and live together in groups.
* is an equid
* keep to horses, and cattle keep to cattle, and sheep with sheep, and birds to birds.
* know how to get wet, they stand in the rain all the time.
* learn that much more quickly than human males
  - to be horses instinctively
* leave droppings that attract flies.
* like to eat grass, hay and grain
  - pellets just as much as they enjoy plain grains and molasses-mixed feeds
  - run and eat lots of hay
  - the moment, whereas most people live in the past or the future
* lose body weight and run the risk of respiratory disease during travel
  - condition quickly from excessive sweating when hunting with a long coat
  - water through urine, feces and sweat excretion as well as expiration while breathing
* love to be groomed
  - loved
  - eat short, juicy grass
* love to roll in the dirt after they get wet
  - and mud on a hot summer day
  - stretch and lift their withers
  - flutter noise
* mate when the days get longer.
* may have difficulty
  - vets
* move at different paces, such as a walk, trot, canter, or gallop.
* moves with impulse, connection and athleticism in all gaits.
* moving slowly sometimes show a springy action and, in some cases, drag their feet.
* must have diets.
* naturally live in herds and a normal horse is never alone by choice
  - use forages as a primary component of their diets
* need essential nutrients
  - high energy food
* never have a desire to use hands
  - recover once they are poisoned
* normally go to sleep standing up
  - ingest selenium while foraging
  - lose heat by sweating
* occupy places
  - special places
* often hang their heads or grind their teeth.
* often have to learn to use binocular vision through training
  - trouble with their teeth
* only have one stomach, unlike cows, and it is small.
* pass seeds through their system that are deposited in their droppings.
* periodically exhibit lameness due to various types of unsoundnesses.
* possess ancestors
* prefer immature pasture forages rather than stemmy, mature grass.
* probably eat the opossum sporocysts inadvertently while eating grass, hay or grain
  - have the highest sweat rate of all
  - see color
* produce body heat when they chew and digest feeds.
* produce stomach acid all the time since they are meant to be grazing most of the day
  - continuously throughout the day
* quickly become accustomed to walking, trotting, and cantering on a treadmill.
  - sexual maturity at about one and a half years
* read emotions, so if someone is angry, they pick up on it.
* really do enjoy lying down, despite the myth that they only sleep standing up.
* receive food.
* rely heavily on touch to communicate both with humans and with other horses.
* represent mobility, strength and pride.
* require a balanced diet formulated to size, age, activity level, gestation, etc
  - tremendous amount of energy
  - attention
  - both shelter from wind and precipitation , as well as room to exercise and run
  - forage, either as pasture or hay, in their daily diet
  - homes
  - love in order to thrive
  - salt in their daily diet
* riding along forest trails is also very popular with backpackers
  - and walking are the main ways in which clients explore the woodland at their leisure
* roam areas
  - grassland areas
  - landscapes
* routinely pass the tetanus organism in their droppings.
* rub noses as a sign of affection.
* run around on a single toe with a very hard and thick nail on it.
* see hundreds, possibly thousands of people throughout their lifetime.
* seem to be extremely sensitive to toxins produced by the endophyte fungus
  - the most susceptible to toxic levels of fumonisin
* shake backs
* shed coats
* show different symptoms
* shows and harness racing are staples at fairs.
* sometimes go crazy.
* spread seed over a wide area through their faeces.
* standing in mud or water can damage their hooves and legs.
* still get some nutrition from dry forages if it is several inches tall
  - hold a place of honor in many cultures, often linked to heroic exploits in war
  - possess the natural defense instincts of their ancestors
  - rank high in public interest, as do elephants, rhinoceroses, and seals
  - vary greatly in size and skeletal details
* suffering from heat stress and dehydration can die in just a few hours.
* swallow food.
* sweat to dissipate heat generated by muscular work
  - reduce body heat
* synthesize Vitamin D through exposure to sunlight.
* take choppy steps
  - eleven months to develop inside their mothers
* tend to copy the behavior of their neighbors
  - groom horses of comparable rank
  - have higher temperatures in warm weather
  - play by practicing their various means of defense
  - react suddenly and, to many people, unexpectedly
  - want to be in their own stables when they are scared, even if it is on fire
* thrive on relationships
  - routine, like small children
* throw shoes all the time.
* to drink water.
* tolerate a wide range of temperatures.
* top the list of mammals most susceptible to the causative bacterium.
* touch people in ways no other animal can.
* transport people and goods and pull plows.
* typically greet each other nose to nose, each taking in the odor of the other
  - show a tendency for imitation between young and old
* use a lot of body language and a little vocalizations
  - wide variety of postures and facial expressions to communicate with each other
  - acid digestion in the stomach and fermentation in the cecum in the digestive process
  - far less gasoline than cars, and they're easier to park
  - feed energy produced from nutrients in their rations
  - microbes as bio-factories to synthesize vital nutrients and combat stress
* use smell to identify other horses
  - locate feed and to identify each other as well as humans
  - their sense of smell in a number of different and important ways
* usually carry different weights to compensate for differences in ability.
* vary greatly in skin sensitivity
  - their individual likes and dislikes
  - widely in temperament, price, size and ability
* walk and run on their hooves.
  - one hoofed toe, and rhinos walk on three toes
* wear horse shoes.
+ Equestrianism
  * It is a popular sport in countries like the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and other countries in Europe. Horses are used in many different competitions.
+ Horse training
  * This includes training them to let people ride on their backs, or to pull carts and wagons. Horses have to be trained to accept a bridle or a saddle. Historically, horses were trained for transport, farm work, warfare and sport. In modern times, sport and recreation are the main reason horses are trained.
+ Horse, Other uses of horses: Domesticated animals :: Animals used for transport
+ Riding helmet: Protective clothing :: Horse riding
  * It is important to wear a riding helmet when riding. It is easy for a person to fall off a horse and hit his or her head. Riding helmets keep the rider of a horse from being hurt. Horses can accidentally step on a person who has fallen to the ground.