"I have no idea what this has to do with photography" Richard it's obvious, they have photographic memories, Panoramic lens and iris, 330 degree field of view, fix focused lenses, simultaneous near far focus, variable iris, internal lens shades, Rods and cones in the retina for color sensitivity, and not to mention duel processors, stereophonic hearing, a swivel ball head, an with my horses as soon as you pull out a camera they line up shoulder to shoulder for a posse shot. Jonathan Ayers [mail1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] -----Original Message----- From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Knoppow Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 12:41 PM To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Oh, was this a test? I thought you guys were serious! ----- Original Message ----- 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. --- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ============================================================================ ================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.4/1395 - Release Date: 4/24/2008 7:24 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.4/1395 - Release Date: 4/24/2008 7:24 AM ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.