About Horses
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About Horses!

Horses and humans have an ancient relationship. 

Asian nomads probably domesticated the first horsessome 4,000 years ago, and the animals remainedessential to many human societies until the advent of the engine. Horses still hold a place of honor in manycultures, often linked to heroic exploits in war.

Horses are such facinating creatures! Even if younever learned to ride or drive one, you could spendyour whole life studying them and still have plenty to explore. 

Horses are very social animals. They live in groupscalled herds. In the wild, horses will live in herds thatconsist of three to 20 animals and are lead by a maturemale, which is called a stallion, according to NationalGeographic. The rest of the herd is made up of females and their young.  

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