Amazing horse facts

AMAZING HORSE FACTS Horses have the largest eyes of any land animal A horse's back cannot bend Horses can sleep both lying down and standing up Flehmen response is when a A horse curls its lip up, looking like it's laughing Just like a toenail, a hoof is continually growing The fastest recorded sprinting speed of a horse was 55 mph (88 kph) There are about 75 million horses in the world Sampson was the largest horse ever recorded at Little Pumpkin was the smallest horse ever an amazing 7 feet 2.5 inches and 3,360 lbs recorded at only 14 inches and 20 lbs The fear of horses is known as equinophobia Zebra stripes are as distinctive as human fingerprints Camargue horses are completely white as adults. Their babies are pure black when they are born Brought to you by: THE FARRIER G IDE www.thefarrierguide.com This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license Sources http://library.thinkquest.org/3887/facts.html | http://www.horseswithamie.com/horsefacts/horsefacts.html http://www.coopsjokes.com/amz/amzhorse.htm | http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/horse.html http://www.discoverhorses.com/for-kids/amazing-facts-about-horses-check-out-these-tid-bits/ http://www.buzzle.com/articles/horse-facts-interesting-facts-about-horses.html