Facts on Mustangs
June 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Think you know everything there is to know about mustangs?
Quiz yourself and see with a bunch of great facts.
- The word Mustang is also the name for ‘wild horse.’
- Mustangs always try and dominate the herd and become “the leader.”
- 40,000 Mustangs were slaughtered in 1928 alone for pet food.
- The Mustangs ancestors were called Dawn Horses.
- These horses were highly prized by Native Indians.
- Experts agree that at the end of this century, Mustangs could very well be expected to be extinct.
Kids Horse Facts
May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Here are a list of ten kids horse facts that any kid would want to know.
Here are some very helpful and interesting facts that you can learn about horses.
Fast facts are very helpful because you could know nothing about horses and then read some fast facts and then suddenly your a horse expert.
Read these facts and learn more about horses then you ever had before
- Horses are one of the most, if not the most important animal in history, because the horse has done so many physical things that no animal can compete with.
- Horses sleep standing up, so if they need too, they can escape from wild animals such as coyotes or wild cats.
- Horses sometimes wear blinders so that they don’t get scared of simple things. Horses are scared easily and can look sideways at things that make noise or are very colorful . If they wear blinders they can only see straight ahead.
- Even though many people believe horses are color-blind it is not true. Horses can see yellow, orange, and red very well and other not that well.
- There are 114 recognizable horse breeds in the U.S.A.
- Horses and ponies are different because horses are larger and ponies are a bit smaller.
- There is truly no wild horses left.
- Horses roll on the ground mostly because if feels really good. If they have an itch or something uncomfortable on their back they will often roll on the ground to make the itch go away.
- Some of the fastest horses can run up to 45 miles per hour.
- Horses live to about 15-20 years old.
