ADAPTATIONS of a Horse

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ADAPTATIONSof a Horse

• By Oliver Black

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Definition of Adaptation

• An alteration or adjustment in structure or
  habits, often hereditary, by which a species or
  individual improves its condition in relationship
  to its environment.

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Definitions of

• Structural The way an animal looks and how its
  made, a snail has a shell for an easy hide away
  place or to live in.
• Behavioral The way an animal behaves or reason
  it does something, beavers gnaw sticks to sharpen
  their teeth .
• Physiological a chemical or something an animal
  makes to help it survive better, a spider makes a
  web to catch its prey and also some where for it
  to live.

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The structure of a horse

• A horse has a long neck to lean down and eat
  grass and also to stand up to look out for
  danger.
• Horses all up have 252 bones in their body.
• You can also tell the age o a horse by how many
  teeth they have, they grow more as they get
  older.
• The horses large ears are able to pivot
  independently and pin point a precise sound.

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Horses Behavior

• Horses stand up when they sleep, so that if there
  is something happening, it is easier for them to
  run away.
• Some times when horses play up or are being
  naughty its not because their in that sort of
  mood but because their afraid or scared of
  something.
• Horses are social animals so often are in packs
  or around other horses.
• Horses ears show where a horses attention is and
  how scared, nervous or angry they are.
• A horses tail also expresses their feelings if
  their tail is high up it shows excitement, if
  their tail is between their legs like dogs it
  show truly scared, if they lash their tail its s
  sign of annoyance or irritation and finally if
  its kinked it shows a submissive fear and often
  bucks after a kinked tail.

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Physiological of a Horse

• Horse mainly eat grass, sometimes leaves, barely,
  oats and other nutrients given by owners. In
  order for horses to digest nutrients like these
  they need to be able to produce a bile to digest
  the food thoroughly. the small intestine is the
  major organ for digesting food and is about a
  massive 336 meters long

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