The Mares of Diomedes
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Very interesting. Thanks for posting this.
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?
Snippets, the meat-eating horse who Captain Scott led on his journey across Antarctica.
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.
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.
If I am not mistaken this failure took place in 1912, the same year that unusually large amounts of icebergs sand the Titanic. The weather was probably abnormally cold because of upper atmosphere ash from the great Katmai/Novarupta eruption.
If you've not seen the film Shackleton w/Kenneth Branagh, you should do so, as it's pretty great !
Odd, winter used to be my second favorite season.
But it seems to have gotten colder as I've gotten older.
I have seen horses go for sausage pizza, thought it was the attraction of the salt.
ps - many thanks for posting this!