Comment on Deez peets

• hansolo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  When they’re born, they’re called foal slippers.

  horseyhooves.com/foal-slippers/

  But just in general, horse hooves are amazing and so weird. It’s literally if your middle finger was half your leg, and the nail was a huge wraparound thing. Then plus you grew extra keratin on your fingertip like a mega callus from birth. Because why not?

  horsecareadvisor.com/horses-hooves-when-born/

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  • spinne@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    TIL that horses start off as nightmare-shod animals D:

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