10 Cool Facts about Horses

The horse can not hold its breath and can sleep while standing up! How did horses evolve such powerful kicks? We learn about the history of horse domestication and extinction in the family Equidae. My favorite Horse fact is how they protect each other by switching off who is on guard duty. Horses are huge, but they are prey for animals like wolves. There were once 12 species of horses living at the same time, but today we only have 1 surviving species. The only truly wild horses live in Kazakhstan. Welcome to Animal Science TV's 10 Cool Facts about Horses! timestamps: 0:00 - Horse Facts Introduction 0:18 - 10: Horse nasal breathing 0:48 - 9: Horse respiratory-locomotor coupling 1:24 - 8: Horses are Perissodactyls 2:04 - Bonus "Horsepower" 2:57 - 7: Horse stay-apparatus 3:53 - 6: Horses and REM sleep 4:32 - 5: Horse lookout duty and predators 5:04 - 4: Horses defenses 6:33 - 3: Horse evolution and history 8:02 - 2: Horses and the Bering land bridge 9:05 - Bonus "Long in the tooth" 9:38 - 1: Horse domestication 10:51 - Support Animal Science TV Support me on Patreon for video requests: https://www.youtube.com/AnimalScienceTV https://www.patreon.com/AnimalScienceTV https://www.AnimalScienceTV.com https://www.facebook.com/AnimalScienceTV https://twitter.com/AnimalScienceTV Special thanks to my current Patreons: Lab Assistants: The Borbs Research Associates: Susie, Julie Acepilot Lead Scientists: Lisa, Alex, Emily, Sarah, Bianco Artistica, Epsilon is Greater Than #animals #horse #horses General Credits: Videos: Property of Animal Science TV Stock Videos: StoryBlocks Standard License Stock Photos: Pixabay, Canva Music: Youtube Audio Library Creative Commons Sound effects: https://www.zapsplat.com Animations: Animal Science TV Specific Credits: https://animalsciencetv.com/credits-and-attributions-2022/