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youd think horses were one of those animals that has horrible health due to humans breeding unhealthy animals to achieve a certain look but no they really are just naturally that fucked up

cheesepress-deactivated20191231

horses’ lungs bleed when they run at a certain speed

mesopelagic

if their diet is too rich / low in selenium their hooves fall off

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excuse me

theonlyleftydesk

The reason they have such poor health outcomes after breaking or otherwise injuring their legs is because their legs are actually hyper-specialized fingers; and as in human fingers, there is very little muscle supporting the bone, just a lot of cartilage and tendons and whatnot. You’d think an animal that literally evolved to run away to avoid being eaten would have ALSO evolved sturdier running appendages, but…

sounddesignerjeans-deactivated2

I fucking hate this post, it’s 1 AM I don’t want to know that horse legs are giant fucking fingers

anosognosic

holy shit

the homologues of the (human) knee and elbow on a horse are at the level of the ribcage. the “knees” in the middle of the legs are homologous to wrists on the front and heels on the back. anything below that is hand/foot.

sounddesignerjeans-deactivated2

I understood most of that but the diagram for me is what makes me never want to look at a horse again

combeauferre

arabian horses have been bred so badly that they have breathing problems because of the shape of their face

stormerskies

This is how horses are built compared to a human

borntomezmer-deactivated2021011

I wish Tumblr would stop telling me things about horses

soycaptainandtheworldoftomorrow

WHY WOULD ANYONE FIND THAT DIAGRAM HELPFUL

bingbongdingdongus

Everyone should read the comments in this post, it’s just the gift that keeps on giving

triplehamburgerjack

THEY ARE RUNNING ON THEIR FINGER NAILS JESUS FUCK

oliviajordanphotography

sanddancingwithanxiety

This horse swam so far out to sea that the water was 10m deep when they found him 😂

soupcitylights-blog

WAIT IT GETS BETTER

When he got back on land, he still had enough energy to headbutt his trainers father hard enough to knock him unconscious. His trainer, Brad Smith, had this to say about the horse (ironically called Rebel Rover):

“He’s not the type of horse to strike or kick, head-butting is more his go and he lined dad up and knocked him out cold.”

So this horse goes out and swims 11km in the ocean, has to get herded back in, and when he gets back on land is still energetic enough to knock someone out cold.

Now that’s stamina!

muscle-horse-appreciation

“Rebel Rover had only recently returning to racing after a ban in Victoria for misbehaving in the barriers.” (x)

IS THIS THE ANGRIEST HORSE EVER?? ?

billyxbong

Lucky the little shit didn't drown tbh cause horses have to be able to touch the floor to turn when they're swimming

transperceneige

Le Cadre Noir de Saumur (x)

fastestfourfaulter

Goed Zo

all-the-horses

Armas Avellano

Tepe x Armas Solea

Andalusian, Stallion

Born 2004

theclassicalhorse

What do you hate about the equine industry?

Pet peeves:

The general lack of knowledge on learning theory and how it applies to horse-human interactions. This leads to misunderstanding of horse behavior and anthropomorphism. Im sick self proclaimed “horse behaviorists” (who don’t know squat about learning) preaching dominance theory.

Clinton Anderson

Misuse and overuse of punishment i.e. putting a horse in “time out” after a bad ride or repeatedly whipping or yanking on horses who simply don’t understand the trainers requests.

Lack of acceptance of clicker training and clicker-like ways to train and condition horses. Theres some people at the top of the sport who seem to have found using +R effective. I think Beezie Madden used +R to train her horse to jump over water jumps? and I think Steven Peters did something similar with dressage horses? Anyway, people like to think that horses are special snowflakes that can’t benefit from clicker training as much as every other animal in the kingdom can.

People who always say “I love my horse” but have no problems with housing them in stalls without any chance to socialize with conspecifics, drugging them, and basically abusing their power over them with excessive pressure inducing gadgets/bits/training methods.

Futurities and the pressure to start horses young and get them far into their training within the first 4 years of their existence.

Thats what I can think of at the moment.