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Learning something new everyday: coat growth is controlled mostly by day length (as the days get shorter, the coat gets longer, and vice versa) Now that we are in the Winter Equinox, the days are getting longer, thus maybe explaining why Apollo is already shedding! Actually, the whole idea of blanketing horses is mostly pretty silly. Horses originated in some of the coldest parts of the world, the central Asian steppes. If they hadn’t figured how to stay warm, they would have frozen out long before we started riding them. See, they’ve got a nice coat of dense hair to provide insulation, in addition to their body mass. doctorramey/blanketing-and-other-colorful-considerations/
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 23:49:06 +0000

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