Horses can sleep both lying down and standing up.
Horses can run shortly after birth.
Domestic horses have a lifespan of around 25 years.
A 19th century horse named ‘Old Billy’ is said to have lived 62 years.
Horses have around 205 bones in their skeleton.
Horses have been domesticated for over 5000 years.
Horses are herbivores (plant eaters).
Horses have bigger eyes than any other mammal that lives on land.
Because horse’s eyes are on the side of their head they are capable of seeing nearly 360 degrees at one time.
Horses gallop at around 44 kph (27 mph).
The fastest recorded sprinting speed of a horse was 88 kph (55 mph).
Estimates suggest that there are around 60 million horses in the world.
A horse's teeth take up more space in their head then their brain.
-Adult male horses generally have 40 teeth and females 36
The primary sensory input in horses is sight. The importance of vision is reflected in the size of the equine eye, which is the largest of any land mammal, and by the fact that the visual cortex of the equine brain handles one-third of all sensory input.
Horses' eyes are set on the side of the head, rather than facing front as in people, dogs, and cats. This gives them extraordinary peripheral vision, which is useful for animals that must constantly watch for predators (for example, rabbits and most birds). Horses can generally see over a 340° arc without moving their heads, with only small blind spots directly behind and in front of them. These blind spots are caused by the body of the horse (behind) and the large forehead and muzzle (in front) obstructing the horse's vision. Horses step slightly to the side to see things behind them, and back up and lower their head to see directly in front.
Horses see a panoramic view as a form of monocular vision, which means that each eye is viewing images independently. These images are transferred to a band of retinal cells called cones within a “retinal streak.” A second group of cones provides binocular vision in an arc of 55 to 65° in front of the horse. The relatively large number of cones enables horses to see distinct images better than dogs do but not quite as well as people can. These cones also mean that horses have some color vision. Horses also have a large number of rods, which are the specific type of cells in the retina responsible for night vision, as well as the reflective tapetum lucidum, which is also found in both dogs and cats. For this reason, horses see considerably better in the dark than people, and even cats. Horses also share the protective third eyelid that is found in both dogs and cats .
Because horses rely on monocular vision, they have poor depth perception. They can misjudge the depth of a small puddle or the distance to a fence. Horses compensate for this by comparing the size of an object to their memory of what they have seen in the past. For example, if a person or fence appears smaller, then it must be farther away. A horse will lower its head to judge closer distances and raise it to judge objects farther away.
Horses have large ears that are good at magnifying sound and noting its direction. Each ear can swivel independently up to 180°, allowing horses to locate multiple sounds at the same time. The ears also provide clues to a horse's emotional state. For example, a horse with ears that are laid back may be indicating aggression, pain, or fear (such as in response to a loud or unfamiliar noise).
In general, horses hear slightly better than people do and are able to hear sounds at both higher and lower frequencies. Horses are good at hearing the high-pitched squeaks or crackles associated with the stealthy approach of a predator.
In addition to providing information about the world in general, the sense of smell is the primary way that horses recognize each other as well as people. For example, horses exchange breath on meeting, and stallions assess the sexual status of a mare through scent. The equine nose has a large internal surface area that contains many chemical receptors within the mucous membrane. The surface area devoted to scent detection is many hundred times greater than in people, again highlighting the importance of the equine sense of smell.
Horses enjoy their food through the sense of taste, which also helps them avoid unpalatable or poisonous food or water. Taste buds are located on the tongue, the soft palate, and the back of the throat. It is not known whether horses have the 4 -basic types of taste (sweet, sour, bitter, and salty). However, it is known that they can at least distinguish salty and sweet. In fact, like people, horses are known to have a sweet tooth, appreciating such things as apples, carrots, and honey. Horses are also known to tolerate substances (including medications) that people generally find very bitter.
The equine leg is designed for rapid movement over a variety of surfaces. The upper part of the leg is heavily muscled, while the lower part acts as a springboard to enhance the stride. The leg is supported by a suspensory apparatus of tendons and ligaments. The tendons, which can be felt along the back of the lower leg, run the length of the limb, while the many joints are held together and protected by ligaments and joint capsules. Horses also have a unique anatomical feature called the stay apparatus, which allows them to “rest” a rear leg while standing on the other 3 for prolonged periods. This is why horses can sleep standing up.
Horses walk and run on their hooves. The cannon and splint bones are in the lower leg, while the pastern bones are between the fetlock and the hoof.
The long, lean, flexible equine leg is excellent for its purpose, but it is also delicate and easily injured. The tremendous amount of weight that is balanced on the hooves and lower limbs make these areas particularly subject to injury.
According to evolution, dinosaurs developed tens of millions of years before horses and were extinct long before the first horse galloped across the countryside. According to the Bible, however, horses and the land dinosaurs were made on the same day. This means that it should be possible to find evidence of horses in the same rocks as we find dinosaurs. Such a discovery would be a challenge to evolution!
The scientific literature has reported the existence of several examples of apparent horse hoof marks in rock that is supposedly older than most of the dinosaurs. Some of these apparent hoof prints have been found in the Pennsylvanian and Permian rocks of the Grand Canyon. Similar prints have also been reported in Triassic rock in Connecticut and in the New Red Sandstone of Scotland.
Evidence of horses living before most of the dinosaurs lived, or even at the same time, damages the theory of evolution beyond repair. Paleontologists gave the creatures that may have made these tracks a variety of names. However, the names frequently contained the word "equus", which means horse. Nevertheless, this important information has been withheld from the textbooks. Worse, modern evolutionists, aware that they are in serious trouble, have tried to deny the work of earlier paleontologists.
What upsets modern evolutionists most about these tracks is that the tracks uphold the Bible's account of the order of creation!
Which came first? Horses or Dinosaurs
Just about every science textbook in print for the last century presents a diagram of the evolution of the horse. The first picture in the illustration shows a rodent-like, four-toed creature labeled Eohippus followed by Mesohippus, Merychippus and finally Equus the modern horse. The number of toes decrease gradually from three to one. This diagram has convinced millions that scientists have proven horse evolution.
The diagram is, as some evolutionary scientists have admitted, a complete deception. One evolutionary biologist said, "The family tree of the horse is beautiful and continuous only in the textbooks." Why? First, Eohippus is almost identical to the modern day rock badger. It has nothing to do with horses. In addition, one-toed and three-toed horse fossils have been found in the same layer, indicating that three-toed horses didn't evolve into one-toed horses. Worse yet for evolution, three-toed horses still exist. The reason that there are so many varieties of horse in the fossil record and alive today is because God gave them a huge genetic range. Horses can be anywhere from 16 inches to over six-and-a-half feet high and can have anywhere from 17 to 19 pairs of ribs!
Rather than trusting in evolution's fraudulent "proof" for horse evolution, we should trust in the sure Word of our loving Creator.
Horses just like every other creature God has created refutes evolution. When you take the time to examine the evidence that evolution produces it is found to be something that is not factual but a man made attempt to deny God and his Creation.
Practical designs placed in nature by God our Creator.
“For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse” (Romans 1:20).
A person's world view will determine how the wonderful design of the horse came into existance.
The person who believes in evolution will conclude the ability of the horse has evolved over millions of years and base their conclusion on the big bang theory.
The person who has a biblical world view will base their conclusion of the horse's design on the Creator of the universe, God, and realize that the horse's ability could not have happened by chance over millions of years.
Job 39:19-25 - Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
Proverbs 21:31 - The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle: but safety [is] of the LORD.
James 3:3 - Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
Habakkuk 1:8 - Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle [that] hasteth to eat.
Zechariah 6:1-7 - And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains [were] mountains of brass.
Psalms 20:6-7 - Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
Job 39:19-24 - Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
Revelation 19:11-21 - And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Job 39:21-24 - He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
Judges 5:22 - Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
Proverbs 26:3 - A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
Isaiah 63:13 - That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, [that] they should not stumble?
Jeremiah 46:4 - Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with [your] helmets; furbish the spears, [and] put on the brigandines.
Isaiah 5:28 - Whose arrows [are] sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
Psalms 20:7 - Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
Revelation 19:11-16 - And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
2 Kings 2:11 - And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
1 Kings 4:26 - And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
Song of Solomon 1:9 - I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.