| A horse is another one of those plant eating animals | | | | If it's grazing or resting and hears an unusual sound, it |
| with his stomach able to hold up to eighteen quarts | | | | immediately throws its head up in alarm. It looks in |
| of food. The unusually long intestines of a horse | | | | the direction from which the sound came and may |
| enables' him to store much food in its body. The | | | | quickly turn and run. The urge to run may come from |
| horse chews its food very slowly and very | | | | something the horse sees, hears or smells. |
| thoroughly. Unlike the cow, it does not chew a cud. | | | | A horse has long legs which makes it a swift runner |
| The eyes of the horse are located on the sides of | | | | and the horses feet are called hoofs which are hard |
| his head. This permit's the horse to see forward, | | | | and don't wear down too easily. The hoofs also |
| sideways and even a little bit backward. The pupil of | | | | lesson some of the shock when the horse moves |
| the horse's eye is not round but oval shaped. The | | | | around. The hoofs allow the horse better footing. |
| longest part runs crosswise or horizontally. | | | | The legs of a newborn horse are very long in |
| The shape of the pupil cuts down the amount a | | | | proportion to its height. They grow little as the horse |
| horse can see when it's looking straight ahead...The | | | | develops, but not nearly as fast as the rest of his |
| horse cannot see above the level of its eyes. The | | | | body. Though a young horse has long legs it can still |
| pupil of the eye can be opened up very wide and | | | | run very fast if need be. He may need this speed if |
| therefore the horse can see better at night...and in a | | | | he's one that's allowed to run in the wild! Much like |
| dim light. Far better than us human beings can see! | | | | the...wild mustang horses and burros, that's left to run |
| The horse's ears are very flexible and can be wiggled | | | | free in the Western States of The United States. |
| about in order to caught sounds. The horse has a | | | | Though horses are used less in the United States as |
| keen sense of sound and a keen sense of smell. It | | | | far as work horses, if you research into third world |
| can hear sounds or detect strange objects by its | | | | countries you'll see many horses are still being used |
| sense of smell before it can see them. A horse may | | | | as work horses. There's another entire breed of |
| often be frightened by the appearance of a strange | | | | horses on the racing seen while others are more for |
| object if he doesn't know what it is. If the horse is | | | | riding and many are simply pets! As a result many |
| allowed to sniff at the object and examine it, then its | | | | horses are thought of as just another family |
| fear may quickly disappear. | | | | member. When that happens, it makes me feel the |
| A wild horse is naturally very timid and afraid of man. | | | | life of a horse is not much different than you or me! |