Look, a philly!
Posted on 07/26/2008 5:19:59 PM PDT by Soliton
Modern horses, zebras, and asses belong to the genus Equus, the only surviving genus in a once diverse family, the Equidae. Based on fossil records, the genus appears to have originated in North America about 4 million years ago and spread to Eurasia (presumably by crossing the Bering land bridge) 2 to 3 million years ago. Following that original emigration, there were additional westward migrations to Asia and return migrations back to North America, as well as several extinctions of Equus species in North America.
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I asked my horse if the article was true. “Neigh” she replied.
This is also what I herd.
Nag, nag, nag!
I’m sorry, but we’re going to have revoke your license to drool. Everyone knows that horses evolved from swamp frogs and that horses today are evolving into magical unicorns. This happened because evolution can do all these things, It’s just unfortunate that evolution is always described by it’s disciples (oh excuse me, that’s too religious a concept,...let’s just call them deluded acolytes) as something that JUST HAPPENS! If only they could describe the process at the molecular level, but then of course, that would be impossible.
If I did, would you believe it?
This is just more over-reaching by the Wild Horse Annie types to try to get the “mustangs” legal protection that wildlife has in the Great Basin.
They should be careful for what they wish, however, because other wildlife is hunted to control the population. If they want to make the argument that mustangs are really wildlife, then there is a very long and wide paper trail that specifically states that wildlife management is the province of the states, and in Nevada (where about 50% of the “wild” horses exist) the Nevada Division of Wildlife would be perfectly happy to issue tags on horses.
Hey Dave! We have quite a few wild mustangs in my neck of the woods too (in the Great Basin region of eastern California, just on the other side of the Nevada border).
Horse tastes good
Yup, and you have some burros over in that area too.
I just read an article recently saying the wild horse population is so large that they are going to have to start killing them!
I found it so sad as many would like to have a horse but it would be too hard to tame the wild ones.
We need THE HORSE WHISPERER!!
Look, a philly!
Na, she’s from Chicago.
Great tag line.
It plays baseball too?
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Interesting thread -
Those urban dreamers who wish to protect these horses will surely end up killing them.
Let’s turn loose wild mustangs in Central Park.
Bump devolve.
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Re-Bump potlatch
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Cue the 'Stones.Following that original emigration, there were additional westward migrations to Asia and return migrations back to North America...whereas humans were only able to travel from west to east across Beringia. |
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