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Horses at Night (1934), mural in oil by Frank Mechau: Date: 1934: Source: Report of the Public Works of Art Project. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1934, page 24-2 Denver Public Library — immediate source; Author: Frank Mechau, PWAP Region 11
A draft horse sleeping while standing up. Horses can sleep both standing up and lying down. They can sleep while standing, an adaptation from life as a prey animal in the wild. Lying down makes an animal more vulnerable to predators. [34] Horses are able to sleep standing up because a "stay apparatus" in their legs
English: US 1st Cavalry Division SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA Description: On a yellow triangular Norman shield with rounded corners 5 1/4 inches in height overall, a black diagonal stripe extending over the shield from upper left to lower right and in the upper right a black horse's head cut off diagonally at the neck all within a 1/8 inch green border.
When horses lie down to sleep, others in the herd remain standing, awake, or in a light doze, keeping watch. Horses are able to sleep both standing up and lying down. In an adaptation from life in the wild, horses are able to enter light sleep by using a " stay apparatus " in their legs, allowing them to doze without collapsing. [ 116 ]
The eye of a horse. The equine eye is one of the largest of any land mammal. [1] Its visual abilities are directly related to the animal's behavior; for example, it is active during both day and night, and it is a prey animal. Both the strengths and weaknesses of the horse's visual abilities should be taken into consideration when training the ...
A common horse or broken down horse of no particular value. [4]: 153 points, point coloration The tail, edges of the ears, mane, and lower legs of a horse. Used in determining the color of a horse. [8]: 375 points of a horse Collective term in horse anatomy for the external parts of a horse, such as crest, withers, shoulder, cannon, etc. pointing
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The Horses of Neptune, illustration by Walter Crane, 1893.. Horse symbolism is the study of the representation of the horse in mythology, religion, folklore, art, literature and psychoanalysis as a symbol, in its capacity to designate, to signify an abstract concept, beyond the physical reality of the quadruped animal.