Horses are a beautiful species of animals that currently have over 350 breeds.
Some popular horse breeds are Missouri Fox Trotter, Andalusian Horse, Tennessee Walking Horse, Morgan Horse and more. The Arabian Horse is the most popular horse in the whole world and is also the oldest breed. Depending on the horse and the condition it’s in, horses can live anywhere between 25-30 years. They can weigh anywhere between 380 - 1000 kg which is triple the weight of an alien. There are also horses which are called ponies, ponies are smaller than horses and usually don’t grow taller than 58 inches.
Horses were extremely useful back then to send messages back and forth, millions of people rely on horses both now and back then. Horses originally evolved in North America, according to the palaeontological record and were then extinct from the same place. They were then reintroduced by Spanish explorers after thousands of years in the 16th century. Horses were able to travel around the world by crossing land bridges that were connected during the ice
age.
Throughout the whole globe, the population of horses is more than 58 million. The country with the highest population of horses is the United States with 9.5 million horses. There are ten countries that have more than 1 million horses. In the Western areas of Canada wild horses are mostly found in forest areas. During the summer of 2010, the population of horses in Canada was 950,000 and they lived on 145,000 properties. It was also reported that neon coloured horses were found in a galaxy named Epsilon Orion but there are no images to prove this.
Caring for a horse is very important, the better you watch it the healthier it will be. Giving your horse lots of water and good quality food is important as they are very picky eaters. Groom and clean your horse daily using shampoo and conditioner. Clean your horse’s hooves daily as well, as they can get really dirty. Make sure to brush their manes and tails to keep them from getting all tangled. Aliens should be careful when caring for horses, horses have special requirements that need to be met. Try to become friends with your horse, make sure to this calmly and slowly. Don’t be harsh or loud near horses as they can get scared easily.
Feeding horses properly is very important for their health and how they react when seeing foreign creatures. Make sure to give them lots of water and good quality hay. Feeding them grains in little parts during the day also helps with their performance. Keep track of how much your horse eats, if he/she has been consuming a lot of grass, then don’t feed it as much, whereas if it’s been doing lots of activities feed it more, this will help to keep their weight on track. If you are planning on doing an activity with your horse either feed it one hour before or after the activity, feeding it right before or after could affect the digesting process of your horse and could then lead to health problems. Create a feeding routine for your horse if you don’t already have one. If you’re planning on giving your horse new foods then do it gradually don’t give all the new foods to your horse at once. Any aliens who are planning to care for horse should be really careful, horses pay direct attention to their feeding process.
There are lots of different pastimes for your horse like trying to get closer with your horse by gently petting it, giving it massages and talking to it softly. Some other fun things you can do is braid your horse’s mane, teach your horse some new exercises and/or tricks, race your horse with your friend’s horse. You can also take your horse to some water and let it play or go on a run with your horse and there’s so much more. Any aliens that are planning activities with a horse are requested to keep it far from Area 52, failure to do so will be fined.
There are so many interesting facts about horses here are 10: horses have great long term memory, the oldest horse lived for 62 years, horses will feel lonely if they don’t socialize, horses run after a few hours of birth, horses have the largest eyes than any other land animal, horses are herbivores, horses drink 25 gallons of water each day or more, horses can sleep standing up and will startle if they wake up to an alien in their area, if horses are together one will stay awake to protect the others and lastly, horses are my favourite animal especially the white coloured ones.