2006-09-24 05:04:04 · 8 answers · asked by Jacque L 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
there's a very good reason that a horse's eyes are on the side of his head. This placement gives him great peripheral vision (peripheral means "around the sides"), so he can see almost all the way around! In the wild, this enables him to see danger coming from any direction and, if he needs to, make a fast escape.
2006-09-24 13:21:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the wild, horses are prey animals, so it's beneficial for them to be able to see almost 360 degrees around them. They're only blind directly behind and directly in front, so there are only two small places for a predator to attack them.
A science teacher once told me that "Eyes on side=I hide. Eyes in front=I hunt." and that's probably the easiest way to explain it.
2006-09-24 05:08:14 · answer #2 · answered by The Logophile 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because in the wild the predators like wolves or mountain lions would a attack from the side or the rear. The can see from the side so they can see if a predator is near by.
2006-09-24 05:07:59 · answer #3 · answered by Sassy13 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
horses are prey animals. that is, they are vegetarians themselves, are not hunters and are subject to be eaten by carnivores. so, like all prey animals, their eyes are on the sides of their heads, so they can see practically 360 degrees and see anything that is coming to attack them. rabbits, deer, same thing.
humans, dogs, cats, lions, etc have their eyes both on the front of their heads, to give them triangulating vision, so when they are hunting they can tell exactly how far away something is as they are chasing and about to take it down. prey animals are always instinctively afraid of animals with both eyes in front.
interesting, isn't it??!!
2006-09-24 05:17:50 · answer #4 · answered by georgia2 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Predators, like lions, need better depth perception so they have more front-facing eyes.
Prey, like horses, need to see better in all directions to detect the predators, so their eyes are more on the sides of their heads.
Where do you think we fit in, with our front-facing eyes?
2006-09-24 05:11:32 · answer #5 · answered by Nosy Parker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the eyes are on the side of their head,not on the front.
2006-09-24 05:15:27 · answer #6 · answered by firewomen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the way they are created.
2006-09-24 05:09:09 · answer #7 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same reason u do!
2006-09-24 05:09:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋