[pure-silver] Re: Oh, was this a test? I thought you guys were serious!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Rogers" <earthsoda@xxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 9:29 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Oh, was this a test? I thought you guys were serious! 



I would have to agree.
I once watched a horse cry after being scolded for being afraid of something.... 

Ray
Horses are "prey" animals and have a very strong startle reflex. Survival can be a matter of reacting quickly and running. When you wash or curry a horse you must talk to it and keep touching it especially when getting behind it so it knows who is there. Otherwise you may get kicked. Kicking is about the only effective defense a horse has against the sort of animals who prey on them (large cats etc). One way of telling prey animals from hunters is the position of the eyes: hunters have eyes in the front of the head and stereo vision (dogs, cats, people); prey animals have eyes on the sides of their heads and panoramic vision. An animal like a horse, a deer, a cow, or a rabbit can see 360degrees by making only a small movement of its heads but have no depth perception and often can not see straight in front of it. Limiting the field of view of a horse by putting blinkers or blinders on it will often calm a nervous horse because it can't see movement around it which may cause startling. 
   I have no idea what this has to do with photography.

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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