Researchers Find the First Horse Whisperers

Live Science ^ | Nov 28, 2009 | Sandra Olsen

[Daffynition]

[hellbender]

Mongol horsemen also drank blood from the veins of their mounts.

[decimon]

When one whispers to a horse, what is the mane topic of conversation?

Necking.

[blam]

Cows are 75% more efficient at converting grasses (cellouse) to calories than horses.

Archaeologists use this ratio (when looking at the number of bones in an area) to determine drought conditions.

[blam]

On The Presence Of Non-Chinese At Anyang

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[afraidfortherepublic]

Isn’t she a pretty little thing!

On mare’s milk — when we lived in TX my husband had a business colleague who was famed for his BBQ, which he fixed for company get-togethers. He swore that his secret was marinating the beef ribs in “mare’s milk” the night before he put them on the grill. I don’t know if that was true, but they certainly were good, and I believed him. :)

You certainly can do that with plain old cow’s milk — even if it’s just for 1/2 hour — so I imagine mare’s milk would be just as good. It’s an old cook’s secret that soaking meat in milk can remove any odor if the meat has started to “turn” and always makes it tender.

[uglybiker]

I wonder if they found any of these.

[SunkenCiv]

:’) I love DF!

http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/df200405/df20040513.jpg

[wildbill]

When one whispers to a horse, what is the mane topic of conversation?”

Yes, it behooves us to know.

[Daffynition]

I think they work as a team.

[SunkenCiv]

Great de-livery.

[coconutt2000]

Cows are 75% more efficient at converting grasses (cellouse) to calories than horses.

Yes, but horses are faster, they increase productivity in many activities including food gathering/foraging, as well as assisting in movement, carrying burdens, etc.

But I have to admit a nice beef steak can't be beat.

[Little Bill]

Why is it that the migration of Indoeuropean people is always East to West or North to South?

[gnarledmaw]

Kumiss tastes better than it sounds like it would...

[gnarledmaw]

"...a nice beef steak can't be beat."

Then youve probably never tried truly traditional saurbraten.

(Anyone else like another slice of pickled horse brisket?)

[hennie pennie]

I think they made yoghurt out of horses’ milk -— and I’m pretty certain that camel’s milk yogurt is also made in that area of the world.

[John O]

I had a bad sore throat over the holiday. I am one of the latest hoarse whisperers.

[colorado tanker]

That's one small steppe for man . . . .

[wildbill]

It was a fet-lock that you’d like it.