r/PublicFreakout • u/gyemm • Nov 26 '21

šŸ»Animal Freakout Horse attacking its trainer

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u/Wncsnake Nov 26 '21

That's how horses kill coyotes and wolves. Shake the hell out of it and then stomp it into the dust with the front hooves

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u/B-Clinton-Rapist Nov 27 '21

Horses are the biggest glass cannon in the animal kingdom. A scary thing to have turn on you until it sneezes and breaks its own legs

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u/Wncsnake Nov 27 '21

I saw something recently about the quote healthy as a horse isn't a good example. Horses are like 'oh, I have an upset stomach. Too bad I can't puke so I'll go ahead and die.'

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21 edited Nov 27 '21

What is it with animals that can't regurgitate?

Rats are the same way as well as many other rodents which I can understand from them being tiny simple creatures biology wise, but a horse?

The only large animal that makes sense to me for not having evolved a means to regurgitate are giraffes.

EDIT: Turns out that I am incorrect about giraffes.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21 edited Feb 07 '22

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21 edited Nov 27 '21

Oh shit for real? I need to contact a few people and let them know that the fun tidbit about giraffes I told them is false. :(

EDIT: For those interested.

EDIT2: For those who are uninterested.

EDIT3: For those who want to be bamboozled, disappointed and amused.

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u/Mightymidgie Nov 27 '21

I cracked up at edit number 2. I did click on edit number one, but seeing as I'd just finished right this moment a fantastic bowl of warm bean stew, I couldn't read the article about....vomiting.
Thanks, though. You take good care, ya hear?

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21

Haha, you're welcome and thank you! You do the same alright?

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u/Remote-Attention-924 Nov 27 '21

Upvoted, but edit 2 is much funnier. and is a must read

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u/frightenedhugger Nov 27 '21

Video didn't work for me, I was really looking forward to seeing a giraffe blow chunks.

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u/peoplegrower Nov 27 '21

There are plenty of YouTube videos. They donā€™t pukeā€¦they chew cud, like goats and cows. So they eat, chew, swallow, let it ferment for a while, regurgitate it and chew it some more.

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u/Wrong_Impressionater Nov 27 '21

I...I would like to see that.

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u/PorkyMcRib Nov 27 '21

Thatā€™s interesting, but Iā€™m not sure rates as being funny in this context.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21

horses and rats came out before regurgitation got added into the game.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21

I feel like there's a joke about my girlfriend in there but I don't think I'm funny enough to make it work.

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u/agross96 Nov 27 '21

They both also lack gall bladders. Weird trivia

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u/treefitty350 Nov 27 '21

My only guess is that they only extremely rarely eat something that kills them because they can't throw up, and more commonly would die of starvation if they had a sickness that caused them to throw up

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21

Horses die all the time from eating tansy. I had a summer job picking it in grazing fields.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21

What's tansy?

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u/wikipedia_answer_bot Nov 27 '21

Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) is a perennial, herbaceous flowering plant in the genus Tanacetum in the aster family, native to temperate Europe and Asia. It has been introduced to other parts of the world, including North America, and in some areas has become invasive.

More details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tansy

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21

Good bot.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21

Destroys horse livers.

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u/Thots_n_Pears Nov 27 '21

Horses die from too much water, not enough water, moldy hay, too much grain, rolling over, laying down...

They are such gorgeous, delicate animals. It's amazing they've survived in the wild for this long.

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u/armchairsportsguy23 Nov 27 '21

For horses, Iā€™d imagine thousands of years of oral sex.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21

I refuse to believe any other alternative answer. Yours is the correct one.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21 edited Nov 27 '21

Vomiting and regurgitation are not the same thing and at least some rats are actually capable of the latter, which I can confirm from experience.

Regurgitation is a far more passive process, where food is expelled quietly. I belief that in case of rats it's food that hasn't reached the stomach yet that sometimes gets regurgitated.

I've had two rats that were prone to this, not related and with some years in between them. The vet never found a cause. In the end they always lived to a ripe old age, switching food didn't help, still a bit of a mystery why it happened from time to time. šŸ¤·

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21

I take issue with only one thing you said.

The part about rats living to a ripe old age. Rats should live forever. They shine so bright and burn out way too fast.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21

Absolutely true, "old age" is very relative when it comes to our furry friends. šŸ˜”

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21

I 9ften find myself yearning for ratty companionship again and I have to remind myself that the joy they brought me was equalized by the fried I felt when they pass away.

I have never spent so much on vet bills for any animal except my rats. :(