All About Horses

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All About Horses

Horses are animals called Mammals. Mammals have hair or fur on their bodies, and mothers make milk inside their bodies for their babies to drink. When a baby horse is just born, it is called a Foal. The baby foal nurses on its mothers milk soon after being born. Two animals that belong to the same family as horses are donkeys and zebras. Donkeys are smaller than horses and they have bigger ears. Zebras have black and white stripes on their bodies. Horses have strong bodies. They have four long legs and they have hoofs on their feet. Hoofs are hard coverings that protect a horses feet. The horses legs are also very strong . The two front legs carry most of the horses body weight when it is moving. The hind legs help the horse to move forward. The way in which the horse moves its legs and places its hooves on the ground is known as the horses gait. These gaits go from slow to fast. Walking being the slowest to Galloping being the fastest. Horses drink a lot of water. Horses are herbivores because they do not eat any kind of meat. Wild and domesticated horses graze on grasses. Domesticated horses are also fed oats and other grains for nourishment. Horses also enjoy treats such as apple slices, carrots and sugar cubes.

Facts about Horses:

Horses can sleep both lying down and standing up. Horses can run shortly after birth. Domestic horses have a lifespan of around 25 years. A 19th century horse named Old Billy is said to have lived 62 years. Horses have around 205 bones in their skeleton. Horses have been domesticated for over 5000 years. Horses are herbivores. Horses have bigger eyes than any other mammal that lives on land. Because horses eyes are on the side of their head they are capable of seeing nearly 360 degrees at one time. Horses gallop at around 27 mph. The fastest recorded sprinting speed of a horse was 55 mph. Estimates suggest that there are 60 million horses in the world. Scientists believe that horses have evolved over the past 50 million years from much smaller creatures. A male horse is called a stallion. A young male horse is called a colt. A female horse is called a mare. A young female horse is called a filly.

All About Horses

Horse Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Perissodactyla Family: Equidae

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The Life Cycle of a Horse

Adult

Juvenile

Yearling

Foal

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Horse

Phylum

Classification

Class

Order

What are hooves made of? What is made of this on people?

What are

Horse

shoes?

Why do

Horses need

Horse

shoes?

Hooves are made of a protein called Keratin.

Hooves are made of material similar to fingernails and hair. However it is much stronger.

Horse shoes are u-shaped metal that is nailed to the bottom of a horses hoof .

Horse shoes are used to protect the horses hooves from being harmed.

Canter

Gallop

The gaits of a
Walk

Horse

Trot

Walk

Trot

Canter

Gallop

Anatomy of a Horse

Anatomy of a Horse Mane Back Dock

Nose Muzzle

Hocks Fetlock Hoof

A Horses Diet

Top 8 Well Known Horse Breeds Arabian

Palomino Thoroughbred

Appaloosa

Percheron Morgans

Clydesdale
Quarter Horse

Arabian, Quarter Horse, Palomino,

Thoroughbred, Appaloosa, Morgans

Percheron, Clydesdale