facts about horses that will burst your mind
Horses have first domesticated about 6000 years ago. After this, horses are serving humans in some form or the other.
1. Even today, in the forests of southern Africa, horses are found in very large herds. A herd has one male and several females.
2. A herd horse considers any one horse as its leader and follows its instructions. A herd horse does not disturb the life and peace of another herd.
3. Once upon a time the ancestors of horses, donkeys, zebras and mules were the same.
4. In some kind of crisis, the males surround the females from all the sides and face the enemy.
5. The first book on horse written in history is 'Shalihotra', which was written by Shalihotra sage long before Mahabharata period.
6. Today, the horse of 60 million years ago was only 14 inches tall and weighed only 5½ kg. It is called Eohippus (Eiohippus). Today, Eohippus had four fingers in the front legs and three fingers in the back, compared to a claw of today's horses.
7. Generally the life span of a horse is 25 to 30 years. But a horse, born in England in 1760, lived for 62 years. He died on November 27, 1822. This horse was named 'Old Billy'. 62 years of horse equals 173 years of man.
8. If you want to measure the length of a horse, then you have to see the length from the ground to its wing. If measured by the head, it will come separately at different times.
9. The first year of a horse is equal to 12 years of man, the second year is equal to 7 years, the third year is equal to 4 years and the rest is equal to 2.5 - 2.5 years.
10. Around 160 breeds of horses are found in the world. The Arabic horse is the best among them.
11. Horses can sleep both ways while standing and lying down.
12. Among the living creatures, the eyes of the horse are the largest.
13. Ghodo has short term memory like Aamir Khan of Ghazni film due to which he does not think much about the future.
14. Because horses have eyes on one side of their head, they can see up to 360 degrees at a time.
15. The hoofs of human hair, nails and horses are made of the same type of protein.
16. There are an estimated 6 crore horses in the world.
17. The horse is called Stallion (stallion) and the mare in English as Mare.
18. The teeth of a horse occupy more space than the brain in his head.
19. Male horses have more teeth than female horses. Males have an average of 40 teeth and females have an average of 36 teeth.
20. Horses can only breathe through the nose. Not by mouth like humans.
21. There was not a single horse in Australia before 1788. After this, the colonists took a horse to this country. No horse skeletons have also been found in Australia.