Horse Facts – Interesting Facts About Horses

Horse Facts for Kids

Horse can rotate its ears to 180 degrees. There are 16 muscles in each ear.

Horses are social animal and get lonely when kept alone. They even mourn the death of their companion.

Horses have good memory. Its memory is at least as good as an elephant.

Horse teeth never stop growing.

Horse age can be determined by its teeth.

In Japan, raw horse meets are served in restaurants and it is called as sakura.

Horses don’t have muscles below their knees.

Ragweed, a poisonous plant is responsible for the most horse deaths than any other toxic plants.

Horse respiratory rate is about 4 breaths per minute when at rest.

There is one fewer vertebrate rib and a tail bone in Arabian horses compared to other horses.