Horses can’t burp! Their unique digestive systems prevent them from doing so.
You can estimate a horse’s age by its teeth!
With good care and nutrition, horses can live for 30 years or more! They’re long-lived animals.
Arabian horses (for the most part) have one fewer vertebra than other breeds.
Horses have huge eyes – they’re the biggest of any land mammal!
A horse can start running almost immediately after birth – talk about being born to run!
A horse’s heart is massive – weighing in at an impressive 10 pounds!
A horse’s sense of smell is 10 times more sensitive than a human’s – they can pick up on the subtlest of scents
A horse’s hearing is far superior to ours – they can detect the quietest sounds from a distance.
Horses are heavy drinkers – they can consume up to 25 gallons of water per day!
Horses have teeth that never stop growing throughout their entire lives.
Horses are amazing animals that can sleep standing up, and they need only 2-3 hours of sleep per day!
Thanks to their wide-set eyes, horses can see almost all around them at any given time.
Horses can recognize and remember the faces of other horses and humans.
