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Horses are get spooked in zero wind by inanimate objects that they just saw the prior week, in the same spot. Horses get increasingly skittish the higher the w
by dmoy 3y ago
Horses are get spooked in zero wind by inanimate objects that they just saw the prior week, in the same spot.
Horses get increasingly skittish the higher the wind gets, even in "normal" conditions - I guess it makes it so they can't smell things downwind of them, so it's an evolutionary thing.
When wind gets high, horses get really spooked.
No way in hell would I put myself between or anywhere near horse legs during a tornado. That's just asking to die. From the horse, not the tornado.
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y agoThe last 24 hours it's been very windy and raining hard. The same horse that I pull out for extra feed twice a day, every day for months saw me in a jacket with my hood up and refused to have anything to do with me until I pulled the hood down and then he figured "ok, I know that guy." Yeah!
- dmoy 3y agoOh yea moving objects are way worse than inanimate objects from horse perspective. Just meant that inanimate objects, even ones they've seen before, are also sometimes suspect. That old tractor? The one that's been rusting in the same spot for years? Well TODAY it's spooky, because... no reason.
- jprd 3y agoso much experience demonstrated here - omg the memories from this statement!
- ethbr1 3y agoMy vet father's opinion on horse intelligence, specifically vis-a-vis being spooked: "What's the best thing about a horse?" "They taste like chicken." But I guess you get suddenly kicked, bit, leaned on, etc., you develop strong feelings on the matter. ... oddly enough, he's rather fond of cows.