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Whenever I think or talk about horses, I would picture them either in a farm working for a farmer or in a wide grassland running strong and free. Speaking of farms, did you know that horses have domesticated by humans for approximately 6,000 years ago? And they are related to other horse family such as zebras, donkeys and mules.
Horses are quite social, they can get along with other animals, such as cats, sheep, cows and even dogs (that is if dogs are well behaved, because horses can easily get frightened by them.) other than their own. Although, there are about 20~25 mares (that is the female horse.) and a stallion (a male horse.) in a herd. It is also important to always have companions for horses, or else they can get depressed and quite lonely easily.
Do you know how long does a horse live? Well, there are some cases that a horse is SO long lived that they can reach to a ripe old age of 48 years old!! But their life span is around 30 years of age. And the only way so far to tell a horse's age is by and how they wore their teeth, meaning their teeth tend to get blunt with age, so it is actually kind of difficult to tell the age by the age of 12.
Here's a final little horse tip, horses can run fast, right? Did you know that they are running with their middle finger? All other toes, or fingers are degenerated over the years of evolution. They also have a very strong tendon wrapped around their hooves so they don't get tired easily while sleeping on their feet.
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