Horse Riding

This sommer I have been in Transylvania with my family. Sounds familiar? I must dissapont you, though, I didn't met any vampire...

I met horses instead, and my daughter rode one of them. The foto in this post is from my own smartphone.

Now some interesting horse facts found here: https://www.livescience.com/50714-horse-facts.html

Many people think that mustangs are wild horses, but they are descendants of Spanish horses that are called Iberian horses. As descendents from domesticated horses, technically mustangs are feral horses and not wild horses.

Horses have four speeds called gaits. They walk (slow speed), trot (a little faster than walking), canter (faster than a trot) and gallop (a horse's fastest gait).

The only truly wild horse is the Przewalski's horse. This horse once roamed from Manchuria to Spain. Populations have been reintroduced to China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan, according to the San Diego Zoo. Currently, the Przewalski's horse is listed as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species. The population is increasing, though. At last count, in 2008, there were close to 2,000 Przewalski's Horse alive.

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