I'm sick today. Have facts about horses.

Apr 24, 2013 4:46 PM

FreedomAndChaos

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Daenerys Targaryen ate a horse heart once, that was pretty cool.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

So I get about the same amount of sleep as the average horse... hmm

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

+1 anything horses <3

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Feel better OP!

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Thank you for signing up for Horse Facts! You will now receive fun daily facts about HORSES!

13 years ago | Likes 175 Dislikes 1

Cat Facts would be proud.

13 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

I knew about the wild horse thanks to Zoo Tycoon!!

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Zoo Tycoon is the best! Although I still fret markhors, those bastards on hooves were never satisfied with their habitats.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Fun fact: Horses can blood dope THEMSELVES (they have super spleens)

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Khalessi ate 10 lbs of heart!?

13 years ago | Likes 26 Dislikes 0

it was actualy made of the same material as gummy bears and sugar blood

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That was pretty forward thinking to have named him "Old Billy" when he was born.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I have a horse who's registered name is Ol' Lady Express. She's 21 now, so I guess it's worked out for her.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

first image: fewer. not less, fewer. gah!

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

The amount of fluid weight a racehorse loses would be dependent on whether he/she ran on Lasix or not...just sayin'

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Salyx?

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Lasix/Salix...name brands of furosemide.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Fun fact: Horse spelt backwards is Esroh the more you know *

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

In the first picture: FEWER, NOT LESS, YOU UNCULTURED SWINE.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 2

The horse on the KY state quarter is a quarter horse? I wonder what the other 3/4 is.

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

It's actually a thoroughbred, not a quarter horse. But I get what your aiming at ;)

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The average horse has 4 legs.

13 years ago | Likes 40 Dislikes 0

This made me snort. +1 for you, good sir or madam.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The average number of legs on a horse is less than 4

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Fun Fact: If you caress a horse's mane, sometimes they turn into an aircraft.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Fun Fact: Horses taste like raisins.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

In honor of these, here's my favorite guy: http://imgur.com/ttg68Mi And me with him: http://imgur.com/uawgDSW (I know,my heels are terrible)

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

I'll not, but maybe other people want to upvote your pics: submit them to gallery.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Nah, I'm not posting them for upvotes.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

aww cute!!

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

He's a cutie! Wish my guys had cool blazes!

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I love your name :)

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Thanks! :)

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

how much glue do they make?

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

If horses and zebras can breed to make zorses, does that mean humans and chimps could produce viable offspring? Being more closely related?

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Read this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanzee#Feasibility it covers both horses and apes.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Possible? Yes. Ethical? Not really.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

We shall call them Chimans

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Apparently wikipedia calls them Humanzees.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Thanks for the research topic to entertain me during work

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Glad to have helped :)

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I often wonder what life would be like from the perspective of someone who isn't obsessed with horses...

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Me too. Then I shudder at the thought of not having horses in my life.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Fair enough. BUT I would probably have enough moolah to get me through the rest of university 5 times over...

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That I can't argue with...the emergency vet bill I paid this week was scary D:

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

This is so beautiful, I always wondered if there was a horse community on imgur anywhere. WE ARE SMALL BUT WE ARE MIGHTY

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Everyone in Mongolia dislikes Przewalski because he "found" a horse in Mongolia and named it after himself although it already had a name.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Honest question from a horse person......what was it called before Przewalski got all up in it?

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It is written Takhi but pronounced like Taikh. The ai is a very short sound, though. And the kh is pronounced as the hhhhh sound.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

And this....this sort of thing is why the internet is the greatest thing of all time. Am an Arkie/USA sitting here learning from you. TY.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Thank you. Does the word Takhi mean something I would recognize in American? Not trying to be insensitive. Again...honest question.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

No, it is just the Mongolian name for the horse. It has no actual meaning in Mongolian nor English. I recommend you also look up Khulan. :)

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Horse Facts. Delivered to you by the Pony Express.

13 years ago | Likes 627 Dislikes 1

Saddle club*

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

fun fact: the pony express only ran for 18months before the railroad replaced it.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Straight in from Canterlot.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I checked OP's username. . . not Pony Express. . Felt disappointed.

13 years ago | Likes 44 Dislikes 0

And sourced by Mremaknu(tm)

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Coming soon! Upload pictures to imgur.com via resurrected Pony Express

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

The horse on the Kentucky quarter is a Thoroughbred racehorse, not a Quarter horse...

13 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

Pretty much every "fact" here is wrong.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

I'm glad someone else pointed this out!

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Horse Fact: A horse can not vomit.

13 years ago | Likes 71 Dislikes 0

this is why Colic is so bad :(

13 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

Sometimes they can.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 6

any time a horse has vomit looking substance coming from its mouth means that it is actually choking

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Well, I don't know anything about horses, but I read about this one time where a horse vomited out its stomach contents and got better

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

I doubt the story was real lol

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I also heard of this one horse that could speak English if you put peanut butter in his mouth or something.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Neither can rats, strangely enough.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Neither can rabbits.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

QI?

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Not this time, my parents had horses for 45 years.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It just hasn't been on r/wtf yet.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

What was "Old Billy" called when he was young ?

13 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 1

Old Billy

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Ian

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Young Billy

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Billy the Kid.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Deborah?

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...Billy

13 years ago | Likes 26 Dislikes 0

"Young" Billy

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

yeah probably this xD

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Sad Billy, by the look of him.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Horse Fact: Horses are expensive. Another horse fact: My wife's horse is a jerk.

13 years ago | Likes 96 Dislikes 2

I imagine you being drunk and walking to the stable just to stare at the horse and say "you're a fucker, fucker..." all drunk n shit.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

I audibly laughed....

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I hope you can solve this for me: is it true that horses can drown from their anus? I heard this sometimes and always wondered.

13 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 4

...wut?

13 years ago | Likes 53 Dislikes 0

But they can loose the sense of balance form getting water into the ears.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yes, it is true that horses can drown from their anus, as long as they are in a sufficiently small container and have very severe diarrhea.

13 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 0

....No. And where the hell did you hear that

13 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 0

A guy said it once, and nobody objected. I got curious and looked on the internet, and found out it is a very common belief, but no answers.

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Fun fact: search for italian translation of "horse drown anus" and you'll find relevant results. Search it in english and eugh.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Clearly the answer to this riddle is "cats"

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I'm not sure what you mean by this.. but horses can colic. They can't physically vomit, so.. when things get backed up, they get very sick.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

In my personal experience (owned and helped vet for years), no. I go swimming with mine during the summer and there aren't any issues...

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

And I always thought drowning was technically asphyxiation on water in the lungs... Hard to get water there from the anus.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Worth a shot. Igor, bring ze gloves and power up ze lab!

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 4

well, it's about as true as 90% of the crap the OP posted...

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Horses like carrots and also sometimes when you pat them and say "atta girl" it doesn't even matter if they're boys.

13 years ago | Likes 115 Dislikes 0

We've had a few horses come through our barn that hate carrots as well...and a pony who hates apples and non-puff peppermints.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I want this to be top comment

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

thank you

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

My horse hates carrots. He likes peppermints, pringles and crusts of bread.

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Does he at least pay half the rent?

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

horses and their peppermints! my pony loves them too.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

The 4th one is wrong. Horses don't have the largest eyes of any land animal. They do have the largest eye of any land Mammal though.

13 years ago | Likes 413 Dislikes 3

I thought so.

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According to this site which I can in no way verify, Elephants are tied with horses but Moose win. http://www.noadi.net/EyeSizes.html

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

So, you're saying the 4th one is horseshit?

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

And what about elephants? You telling me horses have bigger eyes than elephants? I find that hard to believe, sir

13 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

Probably means eye to head ratio or something :>?

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

They do. Its true.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

According to this site, they are exactly the same: http://www.noadi.net/EyeSizes.html

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

And a moose has a bigger eye than a horse.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Horse does have largest..

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

is this in absolute terms or ratios?

13 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

Absolute. I'm sure if we were talking ratios it would be an insect or arachnid.

13 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

huh :/ never would have thought that a horse would have bigger eyes than an elephant

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

The biggest eyes are actually ostriches (which are barely bigger than humans).

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Oh said "animals" not creatures. Anyways ya still absolute.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 4

Are you retarded

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

insects are animals

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What is the difference between animals and creatures?

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

who has the largest eye of any land animal then?

13 years ago | Likes 59 Dislikes 1

C'thun

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Elephant is all i can think of.

13 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 8

also mammals

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And they are mammals... Idk what it could be.

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Maybe this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jz0JcQYtqo

13 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

This just proportional. I think they meant total size.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yeah, I know. I first commented, then watched it again. Still, though: no regrets!

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zefrank!

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

"They are the largest in relation to its body"

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You beat me to it! "I should post True Facts about the Tarsier. Hmm, maybe I'll check to make sure nobody else has..." DAMMIT CONSCIENCE!

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

well, that took me on a three hour tangent.

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