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Two goats and a cat sitting in the shade. An interspecies friendship is a nonsexual bond that is formed between animals of different species. [1] Numerous cases of interspecies friendships among wild and domesticated animals have been reported and documented with photography and video. [1]
Marguerite Henry (née Breithaupt; April 13, 1902 – November 26, 1997) [2] [3] [4] was an American writer of children's books, writing fifty-nine books based on true stories of horses and other animals.
Bastet – The cat-headed Egyptian Goddess. Cynocephalus – A dog-headed creature. Daksha – His head was replaced by a goat's head after a beheading. Ganesha – An elephant-headed God. Hayagriva – A horse-headed avatar. Horse-Face – A horse-headed guardian or type of guardian of the Underworld in Chinese mythology.
1860 engraving depicting the performing horse Marocco. A significant portion of medieval technical literature consists of treatises on veterinary care. [S 11] Arab and Muslim scholars made notable contributions to the knowledge of equine medicine, education, [5] and training, in part due to the contributions of the translator Ibn Akhî Hizâm, who wrote around 895, [6] and Ibn al-Awam, who ...
One of the fun facts about British shorthair cats is that they were used to breed American shorthair cats. The first record of breeding was in 1904. The first record of breeding was in 1904. 11.
Draught or draft horses are commonly used in harness for heavy work. Several breeds of medium-weight horses are used to pull lighter wheeled carts, carriages and buggies when a certain amount of speed or style is desirable. Mules are considered tough and strong, with harness capacity dependent on the type of horse mare used to produce the mule ...
Horses can breed with Przewalski's horse to produce fertile hybrids. Mule, a cross of female horse and a male donkey. Hinny, a cross between a female donkey and a male horse. Mules and hinnies are examples of reciprocal hybrids. Kunga, a cross between a donkey and a Syrian wild ass. Zebroids. Zeedonk or zonkey, a zebra/donkey cross. Zorse, a ...
Muybridge published his photos in 1879 and received some public attention. Marey hoped to merge anatomy and physiology. To better understand his chronophotographic images, he compared them with images of the anatomy, skeleton, joints, and muscles of the same species. Marey produced a series of drawings showing a horse trotting and galloping ...