2006-11-08 17:20:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Here is a great site that tells just what and how a horse sees> http://www.horsewyse.com.au/howhorsessee.html
From the above site> How much detail can horses see? Using a method of placing rewards behind a trapdoor, a reseach team team tested how much detail a horse could see by placing stripes on the door. The horse was trained to choose the striped door over the plain one for the food reward. They varied the thickness of the stripes until they were so fine, the horses could not distinguish the striped door from the grey. From the results, they discovered that horses see as well as we do...perhaps better! Using the Snellen scale to compare horse vision with our own, indicates that horses actually see well at a distance.
The Snellen scale for humans is 20/20, meaning that a person can read the same line on an eye chart from 20 feet that the 'standard' person reads from the same distance. Using this Snellen scale, horses rate 20/30 while as a matter of interest (and by comparison) a dog is 20/50, a cat 20/75 while rats rate 20/300.
So, it does sound like the horse's vision is at least a little magnified..as compared to ours, but not compared to dogs, cats, or rats.
2006-11-08 20:00:57 · answer #1 · answered by Chetco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Magnified Vision
2016-10-31 07:51:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Horses have amazing vision. I used to think otherwise, but I didn't know horses very well before then.
They can see all the way around them except for a small margin directly in front of them and directly behind them. Horses see yellow, blue, and green very brightly. The rest of the colors all look a little gray to them. At least, that's what this book I read said.
I don't think they have 'magnified' vision like a hawk, but they definately have vision about ten times better than we do. Ever notice how a horse senses the squirrel in the tree ten feet away before you can even hear it? Horse are amazing.
2006-11-09 12:24:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know about magnified beyond what a human's is, but they can, without moving see nearly 360 degrees around themselves.
2006-11-08 17:24:16 · answer #4 · answered by roamin70 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best Way Improve Your Eyesight!
2016-07-24 21:03:29 · answer #5 · answered by charlotte 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can see a distance away to spot for predators. One thing they can do much better than we can is see almost totally around themselves. Humans can only see the direction our head is turned.
2006-11-10 08:46:10 · answer #6 · answered by Funchy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I really don't think so.
2006-11-08 17:35:24 · answer #7 · answered by creeklops 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋