National Geographic Readers: Gallop! 100 Fun Facts About Horses

National Geographic Readers: Gallop! 100 Fun Facts About Horses — page 1
1 Horses can sleep standing up locking their legs to keep from falling 62 2 The oldest known horse an English horse named Old Billy lived to be 62 years old 3 4 5 Like most mammals horses have a belly button A horse’s teeth take up more space in its head than its brain does Closely related to rhinos and tapirs horses belong to a group of mammals that have an odd number of toes 6 7 Horses belong to the equine EE-kwine family which also includes zebras donkeys and mules 8 A horse’s brain weighs about the same as a human child’s about a pound and a half The term equine refers to a horse or describes things having to do with horses It comes from the ancient Greek word equus which means quickness 9 In the late 1800s European carriage horses wore straw hats to help shade them in the summer 25 HORSES ABOUT 4 COOL FACTS