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Horses produce roughly 10 gallons of saliva per day!
There’s a fungus that grows on clover, that if eaten makes horses salivate more.
“Slobbers” normally isn’t anything but annoying, but it actually can cause dehydration if the horse doesn’t have access to water
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Unlike humans, horses aren’t able to vomit!
Horses have bones in their legs called splint bones. They are vestigial metacarpals from back when they had 3 toes. As of yet we can’t find any role they perform. If damaged or removed it can lead to chronic lameness a condition in horses that will often lead to death.
As of yet we can’t find any role they perform. If damaged or removed it can lead to chronic lameness
That seems to imply they perform a structural role, unless I’m oversimplifying it?
I’m a bit of an anthropology geek, and am super interested in vestigial traits. I have one: the ‘elf ear’, or Darwin’s Tubercal. Mine turns down, not out, so I’m not genetically lucky enough to cosplay as an elf. I kinda feel ripped off.
e: ha, I’m a better example than the wiki picture. Anyone can feel free to use my picture, it’s a pretty good example.
As far as we can tell they perform no role at all. They are only about the size of a finger, have no major tendon or ligament attachments and do not connect to another bone. There may have been new research in the last few years that I am unaware of that sheads some new light. They are considered a bit of a mystery.
What about half elf. You know left and right half
TIL a horse can grow a better stache than me.
Today we both learned something.
Is anybody making horsestache wax? Could be an untapped market!
… damn. Well done op, I’m not sure how I got this old without knowing this. Hella random, sure, but it’s … a horse with a moustache. I mean, c’mon.
