Funny Horse Facts & Trivia
The average horse weighs about a half a ton, its brain is the size of a baked potato.
A horse's hoof is analogous to the human fingernail. Horses stand on their middle fingers!
Some of the equine family's closest relatives are tapirs and the rhinoceros.
A horse can poop up to 14 times a day!
Horses cannot vomit.
Most of the time, a horse's ear points where the horse is looking.
Horses can lock the muscles in their legs so they can go to sleep standing up and not fall over.
In the wild horse world, the mare decides when and where the herd will go while the stallion follows.
When spoken to, horses distinguish tones rather than particular words.
A horse's hoof is analogous to the human fingernail. Horses stand on their middle fingers!
Some of the equine family's closest relatives are tapirs and the rhinoceros.
A horse can poop up to 14 times a day!
Horses cannot vomit.
Most of the time, a horse's ear points where the horse is looking.
Horses can lock the muscles in their legs so they can go to sleep standing up and not fall over.
In the wild horse world, the mare decides when and where the herd will go while the stallion follows.
When spoken to, horses distinguish tones rather than particular words.