They try. The only issue is that we’re on the top of the food chain and they’re not.
That said, I always cheer for the bull in a bullfight, and I celebrate the rare occasions that they manage to kill one of those disgusting bullfighters.
I hope someone does that with your dead body after you die, Nico.
hoping is a waste of time and energy (but not as harmful as praying)
feel free to have a bbq (after they removed all my useful organs)
Yes! Perhaps that horrible 80s pop you like will finally die with you. 
lol good music never dies, my dutch brother
No creature on earth comes even close to the Anmut and beauty of a horse.
Both as well as the parent(s) involved are doing a great job here. Well done!
indoctrinating a child to abuse animals… they should be locked up!
Thats cool, lol. Never seen a horse doing this.
Halla is the name of the most famous German born stud which ever made news in sport. According to her rider Hans-Günther Winkler, she was a mix between genius and insanity. With emphasize on insanity, lol.
Watch the final round in the summer Olympics in Stockholm in the video. Team tournament. Winkler was fully pumped with pain killers and bandaged due to a groin fracture. Barely could stay on the horse and sometimes fell visibly behind her back and pulled in her mouth, as he nearly lost his consciousness in between due to his pain and meds. And yet, she jumped over each obstacle. No irritation. I doubt many horses would be able to do this in the same situation. She was one of a kind.
Horses have interesting anatomy especially their hooves. This article does not mention horse feathers, but those are nothing like Pegasus.
Modern horses evolved to have a single, weight-bearing toe enclosed in a hoof, but their ancestors had multiple toes, and vestigial remains of those side toes can still be found on their bones. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Here’s a more detailed explanation: [4, 7]
Evolution of the Single Toe:
Early equids (the ancestors of horses) had multiple toes, with four on the front feet and three on the hind feet. Over millions of years, the side toes gradually reduced in size and eventually disappeared, leaving only the middle toe, which became the sole weight-bearing digit. [1, 3, 4, 5, 7]
Vestigial Toes:
While the side toes are gone, the bones that once supported them remain as small splint bones, located above the hoof. [2, 3, 6]
Why a Single Toe?
The evolution of a single toe likely helped horses become faster and more efficient runners, as having one large, robust toe was more advantageous for their large size and speed. [5, 6]
Other Animals with Single Toes:
Horses, donkeys, and zebras are all odd-toed ungulates, meaning they walk on a single toe per foot. [8]
The Frog:
The triangular frog on the sole of the horse’s foot is a unique structure that evolved independently of the side toes and provides shock absorption and traction. [9, 10, 11]
Generative AI is experimental.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/23/how-the-horse-became-the-only-living-animal-with-a-single-toe[2] https://www.science.org/content/article/why-modern-horses-have-only-one-toe[3] https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/horse/the-evolution-of-horses/on-your-toes[4] https://academic.oup.com/icb/article/59/3/638/5498567[5] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/science/horses-hooves-evolution.html[6] https://thehorse.com/194132/how-the-horses-hoof-functions/[7] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-shows-how-horses-ended-only-one-toe-180964618/[8] https://www.ifaw.org/journal/amazing-animals-with-hooves[9] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10282582/[10] https://www.earth.com/news/experts-confirm-that-modern-horses-lost-their-additional-toes/[11] Where did those 'extra' toes go? - Equus Magazine
Awful music, but what an astonising rider and horse.
PS: Bareback riding is incredibly exhausting. One needs enormously trained legs and coordination.
