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PoindexterOglethorpe

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5. Did not know that about Quarter horses.

Reply to csziggy (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 13, 2019, 10:43 AM

Apr 2019

Thanks for that info.

A question, since I know almost nothing about horses. I know that their hooves are a very large nail, got that way through evolution. But do they have right and left hoof differences, as we have right and left hands and feet?

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This is the reason soryang Apr 2019 #1

Hmmmm... The Orville.. similar episode recently. JustFiveMoreMinutes Apr 2019 #3

Hmmm. Rather like thorougbred horses. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #2

Same for Quarter Horses csziggy Apr 2019 #4

Did not know that about Quarter horses. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #5

There are slight differences between left and right hooves, more between front and back csziggy Apr 2019 #6

Thank you. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #7

Pretty much identical, but since horse's legs are nevewr totally straight csziggy Apr 2019 #8

Thanks again. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #9

Wild (or feral) horses wear down their hooves more than domestic ones csziggy Apr 2019 #10

Again, thank you. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #11

I wonder how different American history would have been csziggy Apr 2019 #12

Native Americans did domestic horses PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #13

Horses survived in North America to as recently as 8,000 to 10,000 years ago csziggy Apr 2019 #14

I stand corrected. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #15