LillyPip

Same here, and also only if the answer is important to me. If it doesn’t really matter whether I learn the answer, I’ll just move on. This could decimate their casual educational value, which used to be their greatest asset.

They either have a revenue stream more valuable than that or this is a comically stupid thing to do.

I could go half elf. :)

I’m very interested in learning how damage to vestigial anatomy can cause lameness. That’s fascinating and makes a lot of sense.

You’ve sent me down a rabbit hole of horse anatomy, and I appreciate that.

Role playing vestigial traits is my new band name.

e: In all seriousness, it does sound like a role, even if we can’t figure it out. Turns out the appendix and tonsils have a role, though we didn’t know what until recently.

It doesn’t seem lameness should result from damage to a purely vestigial trait, but I’m no expert.

As of yet we can't find any role they perform. If damaged or removed it can lead to chronic lameness

That seems to imply they perform a structural role, unless I’m oversimplifying it?

I’m a bit of an anthropology geek, and am super interested in vestigial traits. I have one: the ‘elf ear’, or Darwin’s Tubercal. Mine turns down, not out, so I’m not genetically lucky enough to cosplay as an elf. I kinda feel ripped off.

e: ha, I’m a better example than the wiki picture. Anyone can feel free to use my picture, it’s a pretty good example.

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If you see a horse with a red ribbon tied to its tail, stay back – it’s a kicker!

looks like he’s giving me one more chance to pay him back before his Shetlands come round to rearrange my knees.

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A horse’s heart typically weighs 4–4.5kg (around 2lbs) and is about the size of a basketball!

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Unlike humans, horses aren’t able to vomit!

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Horses produce roughly 10 gallons of saliva per day!

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