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There are over 500 words in Mongolian to describe the traits of horses. I was galoping on a horse in Mongolia being led by a mongolian boy, and his horse put i
by Neil44 3y ago
There are over 500 words in Mongolian to describe the traits of horses.
I was galoping on a horse in Mongolia being led by a mongolian boy, and his horse put it's hoof in a small animal hole and went down. The way the boy slid forwards over it's head did a little roll and sprang to his feet looked like something Tom Cruise had practiced for weeks to do for a movie shot, and he never looked remotely bothered by any of it.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_culture_in_Mongolia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_culture_in_Mongolia
- samstave 3y agoThat sounds like an awesome adventure - what brought to you being in Mongolia riding a horse around with a child guide mongol hoarde? (For clarity, the only english word we have for multiple (>0) mongols, is "hoarde")
- Neil44 3y agoA friend was doing VSO and got posted to an orphanage in Ulaanbaatar, hence the adventure. I took the trans siberian there and stayed for 3 weeks. Good times. https://www.vsointernational.org/ https://www.vsointernational.org/
- riialist 3y agoWhat's interesting and per my present knowledge not yet explained is the fact that the modern Mongolian horse and Finnic horse are genetically and phenotypically the most related modern horse breeds. As they say in the text, it is not the speed but endurance and resilience of the horses which makes the difference. Just try riding one of them. They barely notice you, until they decide to run. And after that it's like a train. See e.g. https://gsejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12711-019-0480-8 https://gsejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12711...