Do horses understand that they are running in a race and that there is a winner or loser? Dr Desmond Morris in his book Horsewatching is very firm and clear with his advice, which is that horse racing is an entirely human construct and horses …
The position of a horse’s tail communicates what a horse is thinking and feeling. Some positions are symbolic of the original cause. The original cause of a high tail position is because a horse is accelerating. This results in the muscles of the tail lifting …
I can list eight main sounds that a horse makes thanks to Dr Desmond Morris’s book Horsewatching. I would have thought that like cats and dogs, horses have a wide spectrum of individualised versions of these main vocalisations. One can categorise the sounds but we …
Horses can hear better than humans. They can detect a wider range of sounds in terms of frequency and their hearing is more acute. Whereas horses can hear sounds up to 25,000 Hz (25 kHz), humans can hear sounds up to about 20,000 Hz and …
The position of a horse’s ears change with their mood therefore they present signals to other horses and to humans. A horse’s ears are very important because they need to pick up sounds from the world around them for their self-protection as their only means …
This is a very pure form of entertainment within a close bond between horse and human. It is lovely to see. She is a very good rollerblader. On the relationship between humans and horse, Dr Desmond Morris says that originally you could describe the horse …
To the question of how many horses died in World War I, you will see a plethora of answers most of which are on the internet. The numbers are inconsistent. The top pick by the search engines states that a total 8 million horses died …
No, horses were not domesticated before dogs. So when were they domesticated? I think that it is fair to say that you will still find disagreement among the experts. But even taking a conservative approach, the domestic dog came into existence around twice as long …
Hypnotherapy is being offered to Mexico’s health workers during the pandemic.
