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RE: One week harvesting Coffee at Coffee Farm 4D - Bergantin Venezuela ----- 1st Part
What was your experience interacting with the mules? I have heard they are very gentle giants and easy to train.
What was your experience interacting with the mules? I have heard they are very gentle giants and easy to train.
Wow, the mules are like the tractor of the mountain, they are very strong and do not get tired when climbing the mountains with the load unlike donkeys and horses ... They can practically climb any slope with the load of coffee even on land muddy, normally two sacks of cherry coffee of approximately 60kg each are placed, it is exciting to see the caravans of mules of between 5 and 15 animals moving the coffee from the hacienda to the profit center, they really are very useful for the farmer , because the vehicles can not travel on the mountain in those rainy days, because of the mud and slopes, it is very dangerous. It is here where these wonderful animals shine ...
The temperature of the mules is very rude, it is normal, they tend to be wild and scary ... This is dangerous for those who ride them and for themselves, because I have seen that with the load of coffee they get scared and run away the slopes of the mountains, something very dangerous because they can break a leg or the nape of the neck if they fall ... but it is a very strong and resistant animal to work, I want a hehehe but in my country they are expensive