1) Horses are herbivores that primarily eat grasses. They will graze for many hours each day to consume enough vegetation to sustain themselves. 2) A horse's teeth allow it to efficiently eat grasses and other plant material. Over time, as horses age their teeth wear down from grazing. 3) Horses live in herds led by a dominant mare and stallion. They communicate through vocalizations, grooming, and body language. Herd sizes typically range from 3-20 animals.

1. Customer: Pal-O-Mine staff
Animal: Horse
Report by: Felicia Ferentinos
Horse Report Part 2
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Horses are herbivore which means that they only eat plants. Horses
will mostly eat grass. The only time that they want to eat something
else is when they are grooming insects off of each other. Horses will
graze on plants and some other foods that are vegetation they will
probably eat green grass. The age for the horses estimated is by the
pattern of their tooth wear which can be seen in their mouth. The food
that they eat most often is grass. They will also eat leaves and fruit to
and so many other different types of planets. They will also eat tree
barks to. They will also eat buds of shrubs. A horses tooth is made for
grazing on the grass. A 1,000 pound horse will eat about 15 to 25
pounds of food in a day. The food that they eat the most of is grass.
They will walk to graze on the grass. They will usually take a few
steps when they are eating grass and then they will start to move
couple of steps more before they start to graze on the grass before
they are about to eat. When the horse has found a lot of good grass
to eat then they will spend a few hours eating it. When the horse has
found a little bit of grass and that the grass is dry then the horse may
graze for 22 hours in a day. They do this so that they can get an
enough food for them to eat and for them to stay alive. The
Przewalski horses are also grazers to. When they are in the wild they
will usually eat wild grasses and when they are in captivity they will
eat alfalfa, hay and they will eat carrots to. The types of food that a
horse will eat are mainly different types of green grass. Thorn
bushes, shrubs. The horses that live in captivity will eat grass, hay
and they will also eat grains. Horses are grazers that mean that they
have to tear the grass so that they can eat it. A horses tooth was
made for grazing on grass. Their font teeth will do the grabbing, the
tearing and it is also used for chewing this is also done by the back of
their teeth just like humans use their teeth are for eating to. Horses
will only have two sets of teeth during their lives they will get new set
of baby teeth that will fall out of their mouth and then they will get
replace by adult teeth. Horse’s adult teeth can be very long. The
chewing part of the horses teeth each tooth has a worn down when
they are eating. The bones in this animal have jaws that can grow

2. and that can get push out more and so that they can get some new
teeth. The small teeth that are in the front of their mouth are used to
nip off the blades of the grass. The big teeth are flat they are in the
back of the mouth that are used to grind up the tough and hard grass.
When the horse does a lot of chewing then their is lot of rubs that is
on top of the teeth. So when a very old horse sometimes may have
teeth that can be worn right down to the roots. Horses use their
tongues for pushing the grass onto the back of the horse’s teeth so
that the horse can chew it. Horses have very good keen sense of
taste this allows them to sort through the grasses and grains that they
eat. This can also help find things that the horse has to eat. Horses
never eat plants that are poisonous. This happens when a horse
cannot seem to find a lot of adequate food. Then horses will usually
eat plants that are containing toxins. The horses gut is designed to
have food that is flowing through their almost continually. If horses
will usually graze all most every day that is if they are allowed. The
Przewalski's horses live in the grassy deserts and they will also live in
the steppes in western Mongolia. Wild horses can only be found in
Africa and in Asia. Zebras are really a strictly African animal. The wild
ass lives in places in Asia but there are so many different types of
species of wild ass in some parts of Africa to. The Mongolian wild
horses can be found in central Asia but they were extinct in the wild
for a very long time. There are some captivity bred Mongolian wild
horses that were in reintroduced in their native range. There are
seven different types of horses that live in some parts of the western
part of The United States and they can also be seen in Canada this is
where the Przewalski's horses live. These horses can also be called
mustangs these horses can also live in some parts of Australia.
These horses can also be seen in New Zealand this is where the
kaimanawa horses live. The Przewalski's horses can also be seen in
Manchuria they can also be seen in Spain as well. Their populations
have been stated in China, Mongolia and they can also be seen in
Kazakhstan all of these places are located in Asia. Their habitats are
in steppes, in grassy deserts and they can also live in plains to. The
Przewlski's horse lives in the plains and they will also live in semi
deserts. The range that they live in is the Mongolia, They also live in
West China to. Horses can be found all over the world but they can
not be found in Antarctica but the Zebra can only be found in Africa.
The habitats that horses live are in grasslands, semi-deserts,
mountains plateaus, and moorland. The horses that are livestock they

3. live in enclosed fields. When the Mustang is in the wild then they will
live in North America. The Przewalski's horse lives in Mongolia. The
Przewalski's horse can stand for 50 inches (127 centimeters) tall to
the withers the ridge is between the horse's shoulders. Horses can
weight about 120 to 2,200 pounds and their height can reach about 6
feet. The body length of the Przewalski's horse is 6.9 feet (2.1
meters) with a 3-foot (90-centimeters) to the tail. The Przewalski's
horse shoulder height is 4 to 4.8 feet (1.2 to 1. 5 meters). The
Przewalski's horse can weigh about 770 pounds (350 kilograms). The
height of a horse is 1 hand being the same as 10 cm (4 inches). The
weigh for a horse is 120 to 2.200 lbs (45 to 998kg). The size for the
height for the horses shoulders are 30 to 96 in (79 to 175 cm). The
Przewalski's horse can weigh to between 440 to 750 pounds and
they can stand about 4 1/2 feet tall to the shoulders. The height for
the Przewalski horse is 4 1/2 ft (1.4m). The weight for the Przewalski
horse is 660 (300kg). The height for the Mustang is 4 1/2 -5ft (1.4-
1.5). The Przewalski horse can weigh about 700-1.000 lb (317-454
kg). The size of a horse really depends on the breed. The weight of a
pony when it reaches maturity is 14.2 hands (145cm, 58 inches) they
can measure at the withers. This animal can grow about 14.2 or even
over their normal size is really less than 14.2 that is how big a pony
can be. The body length of the Przewlski's horse is 6-6 1/2 ft (1.8-
2m). The Przewalski's horse can weigh about 440 to 750 pounds
(200 to 360 kilograms). These animals can stand for 48 to 56 inches
(122 to 142 centimeters) tall. These horses have very short bodies
and their heads are very big, they have thick necks and their muzzles
have white pale markings on them and their legs are very short and
slender. The biggest horse can stand for 6 feet to 6 inches high.
Small horses can grow about 17.5 inches. The average life span for
a horse is 22 years. Horses can also live about 20 to 35 years. The
Przewalsk's horse’s life span is 20 years. Horses can also live about
30 years to. Horses can also live about 25 to 30 years. Some horses
can even live until they are in their 40's. Horses live in groups they
are called herds. A horse herd can be made up of one or two stallions
and it can also have ten mares and their foals in a horse herd. Their
is one female in the group is the leader of the herd she will decides
where the herd should graze. The Stallions job is to protect the herd
from predators. A Stallion is another name for a male horse and a
Mare is another name for a female horse. These animals can be very
attached to their own species and to humans as well. These animals

4. can commutate with each other in some many different ways. They
can commutate with each other by nickering, grooming and they can
also commutate with each other by using body language. All horses
can come in some many different shapes, colors and in sizes. The
horse family it describes on your typical barnyard animal. This also
includes wild asses, onagers and the Zebra. A herd of horses can
hold about 3 to 20 animals in the herd. The stallion which is what the
(mature male) is called their other job is to lead the herds which are
the females which are usually called a mare. In the herd there is also
the Mares and the young baby they are called foals. A horse can run
about 25 miles per hour. Racehorses can gallop about 42 mph (68
kph) in short distances so that they can escape predators like wolves.
The Przewalski's horse lives in small groups in the grasslands of
Mongolia. There is a huge difference between wild horse and feral
horses like the Przewalski's horse has never been domesticated this
means that this horse has always been seen in the wild. Feral horses
like the mustangs were descended from domestic stock. The
Przewalski's horse that live in Mongolia. These horses are really the
only true wild horses. The other species of wild horse have been
descended from horses that have escaped from captivity so that they
can be free. These horses are called feral horses. A horse that
escaped from being in captivity and got set free out into the wild.
Feral horses are not just called that they can be named with so many
different types of well known names that people sometimes call them
in all over the world. The people that lived in the American west call
these horses’ mustangs. People that live in Australia they are called
bumbles. The people that live in Spain they call these horses Sorraia.
The other true wild horses are also Zebras, wild asses and the
Mongolian wild horses. All the other horses and donkeys are called
domestic horses. These horses are really different then the ones that
live in the wild and that live on their own. Domestic horses are lot
different between the wild horses because People have changed their
anatomy and their behavior for so many years. People have been
breeding and training horses all over the years. The horses that are
domestic and got set free into the wild then they are called feral
horses. The feral horses are not really wild horses. All of these
different types of species of horses are all related to the single
general scientific category the genus Equus. The true wild horse is
the rare Asian horse the Przewalski's horse and these horses are still
alive today. These horses are also called the Mongolian wild horse to.

5. The Mongolian horses are known as the taki horse. The krighiz
people called this horse a kirtag. There are 150 different types of
horses breeds that exist on our planet today. Lots of species of
horses there a lot of mixture about the breeds of horses some horses
can have seven different types of breeds. Some of these breeds are
called crossbreeds. Horses can come in a whole verity of sizes and
colors. The best will known color on a horse is really brown, chestnut;
some horses can come in a reddish brown color. They can also come
in black and gray to. Every species of horses all must groom
themselves or their neighbors so that they can stay healthy. When a
horse is cleaning another member of its herd. They can do this by
standing side by side so that they are facing the opposite direction.
They will gently bite each others coats to. So that they can clean the
parts that are on their bodies that will be difficult that is impossible to
reach. Horses can usually sleep about eight hours of through out
everyday of their lives. These animals can sometimes fall sleep when
they are standing up they do this most of their time when they are
sleeping. Some horses can sometimes lie down during the night.
When other horses are not around them then they will start to lie
down. By the time that they are laying down then they will usually lay
about 2 hours in a night. When they are in a deep sleep then they can
sometimes even dream. The horses that live in the wild they will
usually take turns sleeping. When one or two horses are staying
awake so that they can watch for any danger that might be a heard.
They do this when the other horses are resting or sleeping. When a
horse is sleeping it is standing up then it will mean that the horse
feels safe. When they do sense that their is danger nearby then they
will wake up very quickly so that they can get away from the predator
faster. They do not waste any of their time getting on their feet. So
that they can have an enough time to get away from any danger that
may be near. It will usually be in a deep sleep when they are lying
down. Then it will start to lay on the side then of their four legs will
start stretched out. Horses can also be sleep for 2 1/2 hours of the
day in 15 minutes in cements. Horses have to lie down so that they
can reach REM sleep in every few days. There are different types of
horses names like the male horse is called a stallion and the female
horse is called Mare. The Przewalski's horse got its name by a
Russian explorer named Nikolai Przewalski this started to happen in
the 1870's. Horses are a swift-moving four legged animal. The horses
close relate is the zebra and the donkey. Horses have a barrel-

6. shaped body. Horses have a mane that is down their neck and they
have a very short tail that has very long hair. Horses have a very
good sense of hearing and they can almost be able to have 360
degree hearing. Their sense of smell is lot better then any humans
sense of smell. But a horse really contests on their sense of vision to
do the work then their sense of smell. Their field of monocular vision
is the almost as 360 degrees with their narrower field of binocular
sense of sight that is in front and slightly to the sides. Horses have a
very blind spot that is in the front of their nose and the directly that is
behind them. The reason why they do this because so that they can
get a better sight from either side of their face. Whether they can see
in color that is in inconclusive. Horses can also see at night they can
see in the dark better then humans can. A baby horse is called a
foal. A baby horse that is one year old they are called foals. A young
male horse is called a colt. A young female horse is called filly. A
gelding is a type of horse that is called sterilized male horse. A baby
horse is not called a pony. A pony is really small horse that can
weight less then 58 inches (146 cm) tall to the shoulder. The other
name for a horse baby is Mules or hunnies that is the name for the
offspring of donkeys and horses. Some horse breeds are a lot smaller
then their normal size. These horses are called ponies. The height of
a pony is measured by hands. One hand can be four inches or a
width of a palm of a normal adult. Any horse that is shorter then 14.2
hands (57 inches). That is the weight of a pony. The Shetland pony is
really well known for being a very gentle pony. This pony can be very
strong and they can carry a lot of heavy loads that can be placed on
their backs. These ponies come from the Shetland Islands that can
be seen in Scotland and that is how this pony got its name. The
Miniature horse is the smallest pony than any other pony in the world.
This horse can be tall as 8.5 hands or it can be 34 inches to, a
newborn Miniature horse can grow about 15 inches and these ponies
can weigh about 24 pounds that is even small enough to carry
around. A Baby horse will wake for a few hours after they are born. A
young horse has to have ability to run very fast so that they can keep
up with it’s mother and the rest of the herd. They can do this because
they have very long legs that are bigger then their normal size. They
are almost as big when the horses turn into a full grown adult horse. If
the young horses does not run as soon as it is born then they will be
quickly be eaten by predator. A mother horse will usually give birth to
only one foal at a time. The Mongolian wild horse coat when it is a

7. newborn foal then it is often being a light color when it is born. This
coat will start to shed off in four or five week’s then it will be replaced
by a really darker coat. When danger is near then the foal will usually
stay close to its mother so that it can be protected. When there is
danger then they will move to the center of the herd so that all of the
adults can protect the new baby horse. After horses are done with
their mating process then the Mare will start to be pregnant for 300
days or even in ten months. When the foal is born then it can usually
stand about four or between six hours. Sometimes they can even
stand about one hour the moment that they are born. Horses will
usually reach maturity when they are four years old. The Przewalski's
horse gestation period is 11 months. The mother can only have one
foal at a time. A female Przewalski's horse will reach maturity in
about 3 years and the males will reach about 5 years. Baby horses
have to walk about an hour the moment that they are born. They
have to run very fast this helps these animals to stay strong. Ponies
are very small horses. Sometimes people mistaken as an adult pony
are a foal. A foal has very short tails then the adult horses have. Their
tails will get bigger when they get they are mature adults. A horse
mother will be pregnant for 340-250 days. A female horse will give
birth to only one or two foals at a time. A castrated males and spayed
females are called geldings. A female horse will carry her baby inside
of her for 11 months. When the foal has just been born then will be
able to stand and run about not long time after it is born. The mother
will take care of her younger in the season that is in one month after
her foal that has just been born. If the mother mated again then she
will have a foal at the same time in each year. A young male horse
will become a colt when it reaches two years old. Then the stallion
will drive them away. Then the colts will start to roam with other
young male horses until they can gather a group of females of their
own. Filles (also known as a young female horse) will usually stay
with her herd until she reaches two years old. The males will start to
leave the herd until they reach the same age as the females are two
years old. When they do turn two years old then the stallion will start
to force them to leave the herd where their birth place. The fillies will
start to join other herds. While the colts will start to come together
with other colts so that they can form a bachelor group. When the colt
starts to get older then it may start to take over a herd of mares but
first they would have to battle the herd's stallion. They use their teeth
and their hooves to help them with when they are fighting other

8. stallions. Wild horses used to gallop across the open plains. Wild
horses are endangered because their habitat is being destroyed by
people. This cause is called loss of habitat. That is when people are
taking away a animals home. In the late 19th and in the early 20th
centuries. There were seven wild Przewalski's horses that were once
caught and to be bred in captivity. There were thirteen of these wild
horses that are the ancestors of today's captive population. Theses
horses that are living today their are 1,200 of these horses that are
living in zoos, private preserves and also these horses are also living
in protected areas that are located in Mongolia. They usually roam on
grasslands in this place. The Przewalski's horse has not been seen
in the wild ever since the year of 1968. Now they are living safely in
captivity. The Przewalski's horse is not usually seen in the wild
anymore but their populations have been initiated in lot of different
places like now they live in China, Mongolia and in Kazakhstan. In 20
years ago. Farmers and their livestock are taking over their lands so
that their livestock can graze on their grass that the Przewalski's
horse needs to survive. They are pushing these horses into very
small areas where no use of human use. Rich aristocrats and
westerners were very fascinated by the unusual wild horses; they will
capture baby foals and they will keep them as pets. These horses
were first spotted in Mongolia in the 1980's. These wild horses are no
longer living in the wild anymore. They have became extinct at the
same year. This happened ever since the horse has been discovered
for the first time. There are only a few wild horses in the world that
are currently safe for right now. The Plains Zebras are numerous. But
the other species of Zebra like the Cape Mountain Zebra are really
endangered or vulnerable. The Mongolian wild horse is not living on
the planet anymore that means that this animal is now extinct. They
have been extinct from the wild from thirty years ago. But they are
currently being returned to their normal range. Right now they are
being used at captive stock. Today the wild asses are in trouble
today. Only the kiang is still in safe numbers. There are only four
hundred onager left in the wild today. They are probably the most
critically endangered horse that also includes the dzigettai, Kulan,
and the Indian wild ass. The only horse real wild horse is the
Przewalski's horse because their ancestors were never
domesticated. These animals are alive today but they can only be
seen in captivity. There are 300 different types of breeds of horses
that can be found everywhere around the world. That is being bred in

9. the purpose. The Enormous draft horses like the Clydesdales can pull
very heavy wagons. The horses that are lighter and saddle are made
for riding and breeding that are ponies are made for children and for
small adults. The Miniature horses are made for people that are (30th
and under). Were bred for primarily pets. They have been used to
guide blind people. All over the world horses play a very important
role in human economies, they are used for leisure, sport and
working purpose. The relationship with humans and horses has been
very strong and has been going on for a very long time. There are
probably domesticated for the first time that they have been
domesticated in 4,000 years age. These animals remain essential for
so many human societies until the average of the engine. Horses are
still holding a place of honor for so many cultures; they are often
linked during heroic battles in war. Horses are used for battles when
people go on to wars. There is only one species of domestic horse.
There are 400 different breeds that have been specializing for doing
everything by pulling wagons for people to ride on. They have also
been known for racing to. In a very long time ago the Native
Americans used to tame the wild Mustang and they will use them to
hunt buffalo. People use the American Quarter horse to herd up cattle
and they will also this horse was used to compete in rodeos. The
Arabian horse is prized for their strength and for their endurance.
These horses live in the deserts of North Africa. People have been
riding these horses for 3,000 years. The Thoroughbred horse was
used for racing, for hunting and to play a game of polo. This game is
played for skilled people that go on a horseback. That is what I know
about Horses.

10. the purpose. The Enormous draft horses like the Clydesdales can pull
very heavy wagons. The horses that are lighter and saddle are made
for riding and breeding that are ponies are made for children and for
small adults. The Miniature horses are made for people that are (30th
and under). Were bred for primarily pets. They have been used to
guide blind people. All over the world horses play a very important
role in human economies, they are used for leisure, sport and
working purpose. The relationship with humans and horses has been
very strong and has been going on for a very long time. There are
probably domesticated for the first time that they have been
domesticated in 4,000 years age. These animals remain essential for
so many human societies until the average of the engine. Horses are
still holding a place of honor for so many cultures; they are often
linked during heroic battles in war. Horses are used for battles when
people go on to wars. There is only one species of domestic horse.
There are 400 different breeds that have been specializing for doing
everything by pulling wagons for people to ride on. They have also
been known for racing to. In a very long time ago the Native
Americans used to tame the wild Mustang and they will use them to
hunt buffalo. People use the American Quarter horse to herd up cattle
and they will also this horse was used to compete in rodeos. The
Arabian horse is prized for their strength and for their endurance.
These horses live in the deserts of North Africa. People have been
riding these horses for 3,000 years. The Thoroughbred horse was
used for racing, for hunting and to play a game of polo. This game is
played for skilled people that go on a horseback. That is what I know
about Horses.