Antarctica’s Meat-Eating Horses, part 2: Unlikely Equestrian Allies

Explorersweb ^ | Aug 31, 2011

[nickcarraway]

[ClearCase_guy]

The Mares of Diomedes

[beebuster2000]

bump for later

[Prospero]

Very interesting. Thanks for posting this.

[GeronL]

interesting

[nickcarraway]

You are welcome.

[mamelukesabre]

Here’s an interesting thought...

What would have become of the greenland vikings if they had had a herd of these meat eating manchurian ponies with them?

[SunkenCiv]

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Thanks nickcarraway. Y'know, this would ordinarily be added but not pinged. But meat-eating horses, c'mon! Maybe I should take a Gallop poll regarding whether this topic is worth a ping. But the mane thing to remember, I hoof your best interests at heart. I'm glad I rein across this, thanks again nick. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.

[Jonty30]

Maybe they did and that’s why they aren’t there anymore.

[JoeProBono]

Snippets, the meat-eating horse who Captain Scott led on his journey across Antarctica.

[JimC214]

They should have taken some Beefarino with them.

[mamelukesabre]

really? vikings took manchurian ponys to greenland? I don’t think so.

[Fred Nerks]

Tethered ponies Description: 'Photograph (Cinematograph Film) entitled 'With Captain Scott [Royal Navy] to the South Pole (British Antarctic Expedition)'. 'Tethered ponies' by Herbert Ponting (1870-1935).

Date: c.1911

source

[Jonty30]

Joking.

[Bellflower]

Job 39:19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

Job 39:20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils [is] terrible.

Job 39:21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.

Job 39:22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

Job 39:23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

Job 39:24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet.

Job 39:25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

[Amberdawn]

This is the first I’ve heard of horses in Antarctica-I wonder why that was erased from the history? Anyway, I can attest that horses will eat meat, if only to try it. It seems the ponies would need a higher caloric input under those conditions.

[terycarl]

somewhere in the article it mentioned horses eating polar bear meat in antarctica.....there are no polar bears in antarctica

[Cold Heart]

First paragraph. Actually didn’t say the polar bear was eaten in the Antarctic. Probably referencing a previous trip to the Arctic.

I shared a cheese sandwich with my horse once. The bread fooled him at first. Pretty funny to watch him spit out the cheese.

[Irenic]

hamburger eating horse that rides in a convertible

[Sea Parrot]

Nothing new there, Icelandic ponies have been eating salted dried fish for a very long, long, time.