Nature of Horses
What makes a winning racehorse? How intelligent are horses? What are horses trying to tell us when they stamp their hooves and snort? Do horses talk to each other? The horse, long symbol of beauty and athletic prowess, has made and lost fortunes and transformed human history and culture, and yet...
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What makes a winning racehorse? How intelligent are horses? What are horses trying to tell us when they stamp their hooves and snort? Do horses talk to each other? The horse, long symbol of beauty and athletic prowess, has made and lost fortunes and transformed human history and culture, and yet has retained mysteries that baffle even those who work with them every day. There has recently been an explosion of scientific research on the horse. In this book Stephen Budiansky brings the insights of modern science to a wider audience of horse enthusiasts and animal-lovers.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780753801123 (0753801124)
ASIN: 0753801124
Publish date: 1998-02-02
Publisher: Phoenix
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Of the more than 4.000 species of mammals that have occupied the earth during the last 10,000 years, the horse is one of fewr than a dozen that have achieved success as domesticated animals.Having had a skim through, I realise that I am not interested enough in the subject to read with any care. The...
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