Answers Straight From The Horses Mouth!
The answer is yes, horses can swim. In fact, many horses enjoy it and will splash playfully before kneeling and rolling even where the water is not deep enough to swim. While some horses have a fear of water, many can overcome their uncertainty to enjoy walking and swimming in water. This prompts many more …
Yes, horses can sit. However, they will only take a sitting position on their own when they are getting up from lying down. They will not get into a sitting position on their own without assistance and training. I knew horses do at least occasionally lie down, but I had no idea sitting is such …
The answer is no, horses and giraffes are not related. Although they are both four-legged mammals, horses and giraffes do not share recent enough ancestors. Because of this, they are generally not thought to be related and do not share much DNA. Despite their differences, giraffes and horses both make great children’s storybook characters and …
I was on a day trip to a petting zoo during the weekend and got to spend time with all sorts of farm animals, horses, cows, chickens, goats, and sheep to name a few. While I was there, watching the horses and cows both slowly chew on grass, I started to wonder, are horses and …
On a recent trip to the zoo I was struck by how many of the exotic mammals seem to closely resemble my favorite animal, the horse. I don’t know why it didn’t occur to me before, since it certainly wasn’t the first time I’d seen most of these four-legged animals. Nevertheless, here I was, finally …