2. General Characteristics
The horse is one of the largest mammals, vertebrates and
herbivores. It has a beautiful appearance.
The neck is long with long mane.
His eyes are big and his ears are small compared to his body
and pointed.
Its tail is big and bushy with long hairs that cover the entire
length.
The height reaches to 90 cm for small horses and up to 1,85 m
for big horses.
The feet are large, high and loud. They end in a single finger,
so the horses belong to solipeds.
Its body is covered by dense coat, with short, thin and soft
hair.
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4. Habitat
We can find horses everywhere.
Wild horses live in herds
Domesticated horses live in farms and stables.
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5. Special characteristics
• Horses use body language to communicate
• The horses thinks. The brain of horses has two
sides, one who thinks and the other to react.
The part that thinks it is smaller than the part
that reacts.
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6. Special characteristics
• Horses sense and feel
• They like comfort
• They like safety
• Horses follow an hierarchy in the herd. They
put the leader in continuous tests to make
sure that it is worth his place.
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