[pure-silver] Re: Oh, was this a test? I thought you guys were serious!
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:40:42 -0700
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From: "Ray Rogers" <earthsoda@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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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