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minus-squaregibmiser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoWhat preditor was so fast horses had to evolve to that extent??
minus-squarePyroVK@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoBig cat. You’re aware of the cheetah? Just picture that but not in Africa
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoYou know what really caught me up: where are horses native to?
minus-squarePyroVK@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoPBS Eons has a couple good videos on both horse evolution and domestication.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoIt’s just a damn good series in general as well
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoThere are wild horses on the Mongolian steppes. All other horses are domesticated. Even the free horses in USA and Australia are descendants of domesticated horses.
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-29 days agoYou’re right! But also, horses were native to North America but they went extinct 10,000 years ago and weren’t introduced until much more recently.
minus-squarePhlubbaDubba@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoUs. They basically tried to beat pursuit predation by outrunning the distance humans will be willing to track over. It did not work, they went extinct in North America because of how much it did not work.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 days agoLarge predatory flightless birds probably didn’t help either.
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoHuman. Not for food, but because they always choose to breed on the Porcshe over the Toyota Hilux for racing.
minus-squarePhlubbaDubba@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 days agoThe wording here makes it sound like we hunted horses for the specific purpose of having sex on them, and honestly, I’d probably be running as fast as a car if that kept happening to me too!
minus-squarePersnickityPenguin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoSaber toothed tigers and shit
minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoSaber toothed shit is a serious reason
What preditor was so fast horses had to evolve to that extent??
Big cat. You’re aware of the cheetah? Just picture that but not in Africa
You know what really caught me up: where are horses native to?
PBS Eons has a couple good videos on both horse evolution and domestication.
It’s just a damn good series in general as well
There are wild horses on the Mongolian steppes.
All other horses are domesticated. Even the free horses in USA and Australia are descendants of domesticated horses.
You’re right! But also, horses were native to North America but they went extinct 10,000 years ago and weren’t introduced until much more recently.
Us. They basically tried to beat pursuit predation by outrunning the distance humans will be willing to track over.
It did not work, they went extinct in North America because of how much it did not work.
Large predatory flightless birds probably didn’t help either.
Ah, sweet home Caelid
Human. Not for food, but because they always choose to breed on the Porcshe over the Toyota Hilux for racing.
The wording here makes it sound like we hunted horses for the specific purpose of having sex on them, and honestly, I’d probably be running as fast as a car if that kept happening to me too!
Saber toothed tigers and shit
Saber toothed shit is a serious reason