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Los caballos han sido llamados la más noble de las criaturas, y es fácil ver por qué. Dependiendo de qué relatos científicos creas, han sido el mejor amigo original del hombre desde cualquier lugar desde 4000 a 2000 ANTES DE CRISTO. They’ve taken us wherever we’ve asked them to including the fields of battle.

Yet here we are in the 21st Century, and there are still plenty about these noble creatures you still don’t know. Want proof? Here is our list of the 45 Most Random, Amazing and Bizarre Facts about Horses that we’ve managed to gather. Which is your favorite?

45 Most Random, Amazing and Bizarre Facts about Horses

1. Horses have the largest eyes of any land mammal. (Fuente: HorseswithAmie)

Imagen: Wikipedia Commons

2. Horses can run within hours after birth. (Fuente: ScienceKids)

3. When horses look like they’re laughing, they’re actually engaging in a special nose-enhancing technique known as “flehmen,” to determine whether a smell is good or bad. (Fuente: Diccionario)

Imagen: Lazerhorse

4. At one time people thought horses were colorblind. They’re not, though they are better at seeing yellows and greens than purples and violets. (Fuente: The Horse)

5. A horse’s teeth take up a larger amount of space in their head than their brain. (Fuente: LiveScience)

6. You can generally tell the difference between male and female horses by their number of teeth: males have 40 while females have 36 (but honestly, most us are going to use the much “easier” way).

7. Horse hooves are made from the same protein that comprises human hair and fingernails. (Fuente: Ker)

8. The horse trailer (“horse box”) was invented by Lord George Bentinck, a U.K. man who needed a more effective transport for getting his six horses from one racetrack to another.

9. En 1872, Leland Stanford (1824-1893) made a bet that at some point in the gallop all four of a horse’s legs are off the ground at the same time. Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) proved him right by using a series of 24 cameras and photographing a racehorse named Sallie Gardner. (Fuente: HorseswithAmie

10. Horses are more secure and comfortable when trailering if they can face the rear, but they prefer openings. (Fuente: Animal People News)

Imagen: MyHorse

11. Horses can sleep both lying down and standing up. (Fuente: ScienceKids)

Imagen: Horse And Man

12. A 19th century horse named ‘Old Billy’ reportedly lived 62 años. (Fuente: Manchester Museum)

13. De 1867 a 1920, the number of horses shot up from 7.8 million to 25 millón. Experts believe this was due to the rise of the automobile. (Fuente: HorseswithAmie)

14. Because horse’s eyes are on the side of their head they are capable of seeing nearly 360 degrees at one time.(Fuente: ScienceKids)

15. The fastest recorded sprinting speed of a horse was 88 kph (55 mph). Most gallop at around 44 kph or 27 mph. (Fuente: Purely Facts)

16. The Przewalski’s horse is the only truly wild horse species still in existence. The only wild population is in Mongolia. There are however numerous populations across the world of feral horses e.g. mustangs in North America. (Fuente: Onekind)

Imagen: Onekind

17. Horses use their ears, eyes and nostrils to express their mood. They also communicate their feelings through facial expressions. (Fuente: CBS News)

18. Horses will not lie down simultaneously because at least one will act as a look-out to alert its companions of potential dangers. (Fuente: EquiSearch)

19. Vocalizations are highly important to horses. Ejemplos: Whinnying and neighing sounds are elicited when horses meet or leave each other. Stallions (adult male horses) perform loud roars as mating calls, and all horses will use snorts to alert others of potential danger. (Fuente: Onekind)

20. Aproximadamente 4.6 million Americans work in the horse industry in one way or another. The US horse industry has an economic effect of $39 billion annually on just nine million American horses. Hay aproximadamente 58 million horses in the world and the vast majority are cared for by humans. (Fuente: American Horse Council)

21. An adult horse’s brain weights 22 Use este plan de alimentación diario para aumentar de peso, about half that of a human. (Fuente: The Equinest)

Imagen: TurboSquid

22. Horses still hold a place of honor in many cultures, often linked to heroic exploits in war, China being one of those countries. (Fuente: National Geographic)

23. Horses can not vomit. (Fuente: The Equinest)

24. There is only one species of domestic horse, but around 400 different breeds that specialize in everything from pulling wagons to racing. All horses are grazers. (Fuente: National Geographic)

25. A horse can see better at night than a human. sin embargo, it takes a horse’s eyes longer to adjust from light to dark and from dark to light than a human’s. (Fuente: Cowboy Way)

26. The first cloned horse was a Haflinger mare in Italy in 2003. (Fuente: The Equinest)

Imagen: Wikipedia Commons

27. Horses like sweet flavors and will usually reject anything sour or bitter. (Fuente: The Equinest)

28. Wild horses generally gather in groups of 3 a 20 animales. A stallion (mature male) leads the group, which consists of mares (hembras) and young foals. Cuando los machos jóvenes se convierten en potros, en alrededor de dos años de edad, el semental los ahuyenta. Los potros se mueven con otros machos jóvenes hasta que puedan reunir su propia banda de hembras. (Fuente: National Geographic)

29. La mayoría de las veces, donde el oído de un caballo está apuntando es donde el caballo está mirando con el ojo del mismo lado. Si los oídos están apuntando en diferentes direcciones, el caballo está mirando dos cosas diferentes al mismo tiempo,. (Fuente: Naturalmente entrenamiento de caballos)

30. Caballos producen aproximadamente 10 litros de saliva al día. (Fuente: EquiNews)

31. On the underside of a horse’s hoof is a triangular shaped area called the “frog,” which acts as a shock absorber for a horse’s leg, and also helps to pump blood back up the leg. (Fuente: PawNation)

Imagen: Hoof Rehab

32. Horses height is measured in units known as “hands.” One hand is equal to four inches. The tallest horse on record was a Shire named Sampson. Él era 21.2 manos (7 pies, 2 pulgadas) alto. He was born in 1846 in Toddington Mills, Inglaterra. (Fuente: Cowboy Way)

33. The average horse’s heart weighs approximately 9 o 10 libras. (Fuente: Steinbeck Equine)

34. The record for the longest jump over water is held by a horse named Something who jumped 27 pies, 6 y 3/4 inches on April 25, 1975 in Johannesburg, Sudáfrica. He was ridden by Andre Ferreira. (Fuente: Equine Life Solutions)

35. The record for the highest jump made by a horse is held by a horse named Huaso who jumped 8 pies, 1 y 1/4 inches on February 5th, 1949 in Vina del Mar, Chile. He was ridden by Captain Alberto Larraguibel. (Fuente: Youtube)

Imagen: Youtube

36. Scientists believe that the first known ancestor of the horse lived about 50 Hace millones de años. This prehistoric horse is called Eohippus and had four padded toes on the front legs and three padded toes on the back legs. (Fuente: Chronozoom)

Imagen: Chronozoom

37. Horses with typical anatomy are “obligate nasal breathers” which means they must breathe through their nostrils and cannot breathe through their mouths. (Fuente: The Horse)

38. Horses drink at least 25 gallons of water a day (more in hotter climates). (Fuente: Healthy Pets)

39. It takes 9-12 months to re-grow an entire horse hoof. (Fuente: The Equinest)

40. Horses with pink skin can get a sunburn. (Fuente: The Equinest)

Imagen: Pinterest

41. A zebroid is a cross between a zebra and any other member of the family Equidae (cual, besides zebras, includes donkeys, ponis, and horses). … A “zonky” is a cross between a zebra and a donkey. … A “zony” is a cross between a zebra and a pony. … A “zorse” is a cross between a zebra and a horse. (Fuente: Cowboy Way)

42. You can tell if a horse is cold by feeling behind their ears. If that area is cold, so is the horse. (Fuente: The Chronicle of the Horse)

43. Horses have 16 muscles in each ear, allowing them to rotate their ears 180 grados. (Fuente: University of Minnesota)

44. If a horse has a red ribbon on it’s tail, it kicks. (Fuente: Equine Tips)

45. Horses are social animals and will get lonely if kept alone, and they will mourn the passing of a companion. (Fuente: The Equinest)

Like we said — random, asombroso, bizarre — that’s the horse in a nutshell, and it’s also what makes it such a beautiful and noble creature. It’s no wonder we here at Double D Trailers are such big fans. What are some of your favorite facts from our list, and what are some that we left off? Sound off in the comments section!

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