Funny, but true horse facts

•A horse’s heart weighs nine pounds
oNine pounds! Wow guess that’s how they have so much spirit. 
•There are about 75 million horses in the world
oThat’s a lot of horses I would have never guessed it was that many.
•In the state of Arizona, it is illegal for cowboys to walk through a hotel lobby wearing their spurs
oHah that’s weird some cowboys mush have gotten into a fight with there spurs at some point?
•Arabians have one less rib, one less lumbar bone, and one or two fewer tail vertebrae than other horses.
oAhh I told you they were built smaller!
•A horse typically sleeps two and half to three hours a day
oNo way could I live with that little sleep. Not to mention most of that time they are not even laying down.
•Horses younger than 4 years can concentrate for a maximum of 10-15 minutes
oOhh so that’s why the two year thoroughbred gets distracted so easily.
•Horses lie down only about 43.5 minutes a day
oSee told ya not much
•Horses sleep longer in the summer than in the winter
oWell who can blame them in the summer they can sun bath all day in the winter they are stuck eating hay and moving around to keep warm.
•A zedonk is the offspring of a zebra and a donkey
oHunh I’ve never heard of a
Zebra and a Donkey mix wonder what that looks like.
















•No two horses are iden

You can say that again and they obviously don't all get along.
•The left side of a horse is called the “near side” and the right side is the “off side”
oYup every horse I have ever been on has had an “off side” or maybe that was just an “off day”
•A horse has approximately 205 bones
oGuess that explaines why they are so big
•A horse’s teeth can be used to estimate its age
oThat interesting just like a tree with the rings
•Horses generally dislike the smell of pigs
oI don’t know of anyone that likes the smell of pigs. Just goes to show how smart horses are!
•The "OLDEST" horse recorded to date is - "Old Billy", an English Barge horse born in 1760 who lived to the age of 62 years old.
oWow that is old! The average life span for a horse is between twenty and thirty years. I need to find out what kind of supplements this horse was on!
•The World's Largest Horse ever recorded was a Shire gelding named Samson, bred by Thomas Cleaver of Toddington Mills, England. Foaled in 1846, this horse measured 21.2 1/2 hand high ( 7 ft. 2 inches) in 1850, and weighed 3,360 pounds.Samson is also recorded as the "HEAVIEST" horse weighing 1524 kg (3360 lbs.)
oWOW THAT IS HUGE!!!!
•The longest horse mane was 18 ft. long and grown by a Californian mare named Maude.
That horse could walk and get tangled up in its own main!
•In the wild horse world, the mare decides when and where the herd will go while the stallion follows.
oWell that sounds about right. How it is with humans too.
My dad has never been and animal lover and I just don’t understand it. Animals are just people in a lot of ways. I can point out many ways they are alike just in these few facts. Horses sleep longer in the summer then winter. I cannot tell you how many times I have fallen asleep outside sun bathing. Horses love it just as much as we do. A horse less then 4 years old cannot concentrate very long. That sounds just about right I see a lot of kids running around and parents chasing after them. It’s that same thing as when I’m chasing the little filly around…right. No to horses are identical well I could have told you that one and I don’t think I even need to bother relating that one to people. Horses don’t like the smell of pigs. I find that very interesting. I move my horse a pig farm not to long ago and she was acting really funny. Now I know maybe it had to do something with the smell and poor thing who can blame her.
I just find it very interesting how horses and people can be so alike. But for all of you non animal people yah yeah I get your side too.