Horses are amazing animals. Here are just a few interesting facts about horses:
- Horses have been a part of human’s societies since domesticated by the Nomads more than 4,000 years ago.
- There is one species of domesticated horse with about 400 breeds.
- Horses hear, see and smell better than humans.
- They have a 360-degree range of vision and their ears can turn toward sounds, assisting their hearing.
- There are many wild or feral herds of horses in North America. These herds are the descendants of once-tamed horses that have roamed free for generations.
- The Przewalski’s horse is the only true wild horse that was never domesticated. The last of these horses was documented in Mongolia in 1968.
Learn More:
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/horse/
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/horse.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse
