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The horse tongue is highly sensitive, and therefore vulnerable to injury. [ 3 ] [ 40 ] The main cause of lingual injuries in horses is from mishandling or accidents related to a bit . [ 3 ] A horse's tongue may hang over the bit for various reasons, particularly if the rider's hand is too heavy or if the bit is ill-suited to the horse's mouth ...
Strips cut from the striped part of the skin of an okapi, sent home by Sir Harry Johnston, were the first evidence of the okapi's existence to reach Europe.. Although the okapi was unknown to the Western world until the 20th century, it may have been depicted since the early fifth century BCE on the façade of the Apadana at Persepolis, a gift from the Ethiopian procession to the Achaemenid ...
A horse wearing an English bridle with a snaffle bit, the end of which can be seen just sticking out of the mouth. The bit is not the metal ring. Horse skull showing the large gap between the front teeth and the back teeth. The bit sits in this gap, and extends beyond from side to side. The bit is an item of a horse's tack.
Horse teeth often wear in specific patterns, based on the way the horse eats its food, and these patterns are often used to conjecture on the age of the horse after it has developed a full mouth. As with aging through observing tooth eruption, this can be imprecise, and may be affected by diet, natural abnormalities, and vices such as cribbing .
When the vascularity of a horse tongue is compromised by its tack, the tongue changes color. [35] Dr. Jacques Laurent identifies three possible forms of vascularization changes in the horse's tongue: arterial compression alone, which gives the tongue a white color ; venous compression, which turns the tongue blue and swollen; and
The venue hosts jumping and dressage competitions, horse sales, horse shows and more, and offers beautiful boarding facilities for horses. Our simple-but-elegant room at The Equestrian. (Photo ...
The Horse in Motion: June 1878 Eadweard Muybridge: Palo Alto, California, United States Composite from multiple glass plates Series of cabinet cards regarded as a precursor to motion pictures. Pictured left is the variant Sallie Gardner at a Gallop, which further captured a horse's motion. [s 2] [s 3] [s 4]
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