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1.There are about 75 million horses in the world.

2.A healthy adult horse should have a pulse of between 36 and 40 beats per minute while at rest.

3.A horse’s teeth can be used to estimate its age.

4.A  young female horse is called a ‘filly’

5.A horse typically sleeps two and half to three hours a day.

6.A narrow white mark, which runs down the face from the forehead, is called a Stripe.

7.A white mark, which covers one or both of the lips and proceeds up to the nostrils, is called a White muzzle.

8.A broad splash of white that covers most parts of the forehead between the eyes and carries down the nose to the muzzle is called a Blaze.

9.A female horse is known as a mare.

10.The father of a horse is known as a sire. a fox. It had toes! This horse changed over millions of years to become a modern horse.

 By: Genevieve Harrison

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