Here are some important (and some very interesting!) facts you might like to know about horses.
1. Horses are called different names depending on their gender.
A brown horse running
A male horse is called a stallion and a female horse is a mare. A male horse which has been castrated is known as a gelding.
2. Baby horses even have different names!
Young horses have different names - a young male is called a colt and the young females are fillies.
3. New-born horses can walk shortly after birth.
A baby grey horse
Baby horses can walk and run after just a few hours of being born.
4. There are fewer bones in a horse than in humans.
It’s only one bone less, but in total, there are 205 bones in the skeleton of a horse.
5. The oldest horse lived over twice as long than he was supposed to.
Old Billy Horse
Horses which have been tamed usually live to be around 25 years old.
However, the oldest domestic horse on record was Old Billy, who died at the age of 62.
6. Horses can sleep standing up or lying down.
Many people think that when a horse is lying down that means it’s sick.
However, these creatures can sleep either standing up or lying down.
7. Horses have a lookout…
A horse flat asleep on the grass
A group of horses will not go to sleep at the same time - at least one of them will stay awake to watch out for the others.
8. Horses don’t smile to show happiness.
Horses are often seen in photographs “laughing” or “smiling”, but this movement is actually to help them smell better.
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