can you tell me 4 things about wild horses and how they've adapted to their environment?

Question

I need to know for a science project about plants and animals.

Answer 1

The climate has changed over time, in order to survive on marshy landscapes horses used to have much wider and flatter hooves to spread out there weight and avoid sinking. As the land has dried out the horses hoof has evolved to become firmer and narrower, as it no longer needed to spread its weight. The evolutionary advantage of this was increased speed.

I know that's only one way - sorry!

Answer 2

Strictly there is only 1 species of wild horse the Mongolian wild horse. After years of being extinct in the wild, captive populations have been released into managed areas in their former ranges in China and Mongolia.

Although there are obvious differences between Mongolian and domestic horses there is one particular feature which is likely to be an adaptation to the environment. Mongolian horses have molar teeth which have much higher crowns than those of domestics, probably to enable them to chew the tough grasses found in their semi-desert environment.

If you want some adaptations that have arisen in domestic horses living in semi-natural conditions and are therefore influenced by the environment here are some:

1. northern ponies have extremities which are reduced in size (ears, legs) to stop them losing heat in the cold wet winter climates from parts of their bodies which are not protected by thick winter coats. The extreme example is the Shetland pony. Compare these to breeds such as the Arab which has evolved for generations in hot desert environments.

2. The Konik pony of Poland has a coat that turns white in the winter, presumably as a protection against predation in the snowy environment in which it lives. This could have been inherited from the wild horses that existed in this area before they became extinct.

3. Horses of the Camargue in southwest France have broad shallow feet, which are presumed to be an adaptation to the marshy conditions in which they live.

4. Exmoor ponies have a toad eye, which helps to keep rain out of their eyes, an adaptation to a wet environment and again probably inherited from ancestral wild stock.

Answer 3

1. Wild horses have incredibly huge fangs. They can rip the jugular vein out of another horse or human being with virtually no effort whatsoever.

2. All Wild horses are females. No one, not even scientist can exlplain this oddity of nature. And no one understands how a wild horse can reproduce with only females of their species existing. But somehow nature makes its way...and they do.

3. Wild horses are excellent at hunting and destroying Zombies. And if a wild horse is bit by a zombie, they seem to be immune.

4. Wild horses can fly.

I hope this helps.

Answer 4

1. Wild horses living in extremely cold climates have adapted by growing extremely thick coats to protect them from the elements.

2.Their feet have hardened to adapt to the tough terrain.

3.Some breeds have different tails, the longer hair on the tail starts lower down, in bad weather they turn their backs to the winds to protect the most vunreable areas.

4.They can go for long periods without drinking, longer than domestic horses as they have to be able to source water which is not always available.

Answer 5

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