- The scientific name of a horse is Equus ferus caballus
- The average lifespan of a horse is between twenty-five to thirty years.
- Horses reach full adult development at five years old.
- There are over 300 different breeds of horses with about 75 million horses in the world.
- Humans began domesticating horses about 4000 years ago.
- The average weight of a horses heart is nine pounds.
- Horses sleep longer during the summer than the in winter.
- An average horse gets sleep for only two and a half to three hours.
- A horses coat is usually either cream, grey, black or brown in color
- Horses and humans have approximately the same amount of bones in each body, with 206 bones.
- The oldest horse recorded lived to be sixty-two.
- A female horse is called a “filly”.
- During the horses first year of life they are called “foal”
- A male horse is called a “mare”.
- A female horse is called a “jenny”.
- The father of a horse is called a “sire”.
- The mother of a horse is called a “dam”.
- A horse can drink up to ten gallons of water a day.
- If left alone horses will get lonely, horses are social animals
- It takes one to two hours after birth for a foal to start to stand up and walk.
- Horses are fully grown by three to four years of age.
- Most horses are domesticated but others remain in the wild.
- A horses coat is either one solid color all over or a mix of colors.
- The two blind spots horses have are directly behind it or directly in front of it.
- Someone who maintains a horses feet is called a blacksmith or a farrier.
- a Stripe us a thin white mark which runs down the face from the forehead.
- The average weight of a horses head is twelve pounds.
- Most horses have a diet of short juicy grass and hay.
- Horses can rotate their ear 180 degrees.
- Horses are herbivores which means they feed on plants.
- Wild horses are usually in groups of three to twenty.
- A majority of foals are born in the night.
- Ponies are short fully grown horses.
- The International Museum of the Horse in Kentucky is the largest horse museum in the world.
- Horses are measured using hands, four inches is equivalent to one hand.
- Teeth of horses never stop growing.
- Ragweed is extremely deadly to horses.
- In each ear horses have sixteen muscles.
- Horses cannot vomit.
- A horse with pink skin are able to get sunburns.
- Horses have very good long term memory.
- Examining a horses teeth is the best way to determine a horse’s age.
- Horses are very attached to smaller animals like cats, but are easily scared by dogs.
- The way horses communicate is by body language, like with their ears, head and tail.
- The Akhal-Teke are a breed of horses from Russia that can go days without food or water.
- Markings on a horses forehead is called a star, even if its not shaped like a star.
- A horses hoof needs to be clipped every once in a while like a fingernail.
- The different paces of a horse the trot, walk, canter and gallop.
- Horses have small stomachs and short intestines.
- When sleeping horses lock their legs so they do not fall over.
