6 Amazing Horse Facts You MUST Know.

[CinnamonEli]

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6 Amazing Horse Facts You MUST Know. - amazing horse facts

This is my very first article on BYH. I write a lot of articles on BYC, but the layout is much different, so I'm still learning my way around this site.
Ok so, straight to the point, 6 Amazing Horse Facts You MUST Know!

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Horses can se better than humans at night, BUT it takes longer for their eyes to adjust from dark to light and likewise. Keep this in mind when you transfer a horse from a dark area such as an indoor arena, stall, or trailer to a pasture or...

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[CinnamonEli]

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[Poka_Doodle]

This is a good article. However there is a spelling error.

 

[CinnamonEli]

This is a good article. However there is a spelling error.

I'll re-read it again, but where at?

 

[Kusanar]

The teeth thing is mostly true. Male horses also have canine teeth that mares aren't supposed to get, but some geldings/stallions don't get them (really rare) and some mares get them even though they aren't supposed to. So, as a general rule, males have more than females but not always.

 

[Bunnylady]

The vision thing is mostly true, too; though not for Appaloosas with two copies of the LP gene (often called few spots or snowcaps). Such animals almost always suffer from night blindness - a condition in which seeing in low light levels is difficult or impossible. Something that just looks like a shadow to one with normal vision could be a black hole to a horse with night blindness. Mutations of that particular gene have been known to cause night blindness in dogs; it has only been recently identified in horses as well.

 

[2ewesandmoreonthego]

thankyou for the info. I have horses myself, and I got them with little info. however it has been 7 years riding horses!