Horses by Hannah

BY: Hannah Gubler The Amazing Horse

My animal is the horse. Let me tell you what i know about the animal the horse. I know that they niegh and they have a mane. A mane is the hair on the back of their head and neck. Also I know that they walk, canter, gallop, and trot. Lastly I know that people have been riding horses for a long time.

I found out that the height of a horse is shorter than a school bus. Also the weight is lighter than a piano. Horses are usually brown, copper, white, blonde, black, grey, or painted. Features of a horse are the mane, tail, and hoofs.

A horse is a herbivore. That means they only eat plants like grass, oats, carrots, and apples. Sometimes for a treat they can eat sugar cubes. An average 1,000 lb horse needs 20 to 25 lbs of feed a day. Horses have a small stomach so they eat a little bit of food at a time but eat lots of meals a day. We only have three meals a day but horses like to graze.

Horses live in many places but they mostly live in 6 continents. They do not live in Antarctica because it’s too cold and because there’s not enough grasses. The first horse fossil was from 50 million years ago and it was the size of a dog. Horses were a lot more common in the wild a hundred years ago compared to now. The habitat of a horse is forests and fields.

Horses like to walk, trot, canter, and gallop. To trot is like a slow job while a gallop is a fast run. A canter is faster than a trot and slower than a gallop. In the wild horses travel in groups called herds becuase thay do not like to travel alone. This is because if a predator is coming the group fights them off instead of having one horse fighting. The sounds a horse makes is it neighs, and growls. When a baby foal is born they squeal.

In the past horses were mostly used to travel. Now we use horses in America as pets, work animals and for fun. Some people use horses on ranches to get around. In some countries they use a horse for food and their skins for clothes. That is a sad thing.

Interesting facts about the horse is that when horses are scared they run away. When baby foals are born they are fast enough to run with the rest of the herd. They can run really fast when they are brand new!! Also their ears tell how they are feeling. If a horse is curious the ears are forward. Because their eyes are on the side of their head they can see 360 degrees or a whole circle around them.

In conclusion, I wanted to know why they have horse shoes.  I learned that they need shoes just like us to protect their feet. Also, why do they run so fast. They run fast because they have more legs than us. Some quotes are: quarter horses can start, stop and turn very quickly if they are told to do so. Also, all horses are very fast over short distances.