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  2. Fossorial - Wikipedia

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    Sub-fossorial species weighing more than 80 grams (2.8 oz) have comparably lower basal rates [specify] than those weighing lower than 60 grams (2.1 oz). The average fossorial animal has a basal rate between 60% and 90%. Further observations conclude that larger burrowing animals, such as hedgehogs or armadillos, have lower thermal conductance ...

  3. Equine anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Points of a horse. Equine anatomy encompasses the gross and microscopic anatomy of horses, ponies and other equids, including donkeys, mules and zebras.While all anatomical features of equids are described in the same terms as for other animals by the International Committee on Veterinary Gross Anatomical Nomenclature in the book Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, there are many horse-specific ...

  4. Irish Farmer Finds His Horse and Goat In the Most Hilarious ...

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    Many farmers keep goats with their horses. Goats are steady, social animals, who have a calming effect on horses they live with. ... Follow us on YouTube for more entertaining videos. Or, share ...

  5. Plains pocket gopher - Wikipedia

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    Fossorial adaptations include small eyes, short, naked ears, and large fore feet with heavy claws. Zygomatic arches are widely flared, providing ample room for muscle attachment, [ 5 ] although, unlike other pocket gophers, this species does not use the curved incisors to assist the feet in digging. [ 3 ]

  6. Horse behavior - Wikipedia

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    Free-roaming mustangs (Utah, 2005). Horse behavior is best understood from the view that horses are prey animals with a well-developed fight-or-flight response.Their first reaction to a threat is often to flee, although sometimes they stand their ground and defend themselves or their offspring in cases where flight is untenable, such as when a foal would be threatened.

  7. Cursorial - Wikipedia

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    Horses can be considered cursorial grazers. A cursorial organism is one that is adapted specifically to run. An animal can be considered cursorial if it has the ability to run fast (e.g. cheetah) or if it can keep a constant speed for a long distance (high endurance). "Cursorial" is often used to categorize a certain locomotor mode, which is ...

  8. Maine Farm Offers Yoga With Adorable Goats [Video] - AOL

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    Adorable goats joined guests for a relaxing yoga class at a farm in Cumberland, Maine.This footage was captured by Hope Hall of Sunflower Farm Creamery, and shows guests on yoga mats as goats roam ...

  9. Terrestrial locomotion - Wikipedia

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    This can vary from odd-toed ungulates, such as horses, rhinos, and a few wild African ungulates, to even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, deer, and goats. Mammals whose limbs have adapted to grab objects have what are called prehensile limbs. This term can be attributed to front limbs as well as tails for animals such as monkeys and some ...