Comment on Horses must think we’re mocking them when we use them to carry us around, then put them in trailers that carry them faster than they can run.

homes@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I beg to differ. Last year I happened across a horse wearing a top hat. Looked pretty smart to me.

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  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not smart enough to realize that those went out of style a hundred years ago.

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    • TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Haha what a dumbass

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    • JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I wonder if it was a mechanical horse being controlled by a rabbit under the hat. Hmm.

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  • homes@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oh no… You meant the very rare landlord horse…

    You didn’t see the monocle, because it must’ve been on the other side…

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    • JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thinking back now, it was collecting carrots and apples from a bunch of donkeys, so you may well be correct.

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• corvi@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They’re not always the smartest in a pinch, but I’ve personally dealt with horses clever enough to repeatedly open latched gates, figure out how to slide barn doors off of their track, and in one case, steal and attempt to hide the pool noodle another horse had been using to smack him all day.

  That’s to say nothing for emotional intelligence.

  Prey animals don’t have time to stop and think in a panic, but give them time and space to be bored and they figure stuff out.

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