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[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 32 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Would it make you feel better to know that horses bias very heavily to the flight side of fight or flight?

[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Yeah but they're real good at injuring themselves and those around them when they do.

[–] Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Until it gets a leg stuck in the tent somehow

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

The are so heavily biased into running away that getting their legs stuck is a common way for them to lose a leg.

What the GP gets wrong is on the assumption that it's safe to be near a horse trying to run away.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

But that's a brown horse. I've only ever seen white horses fly.

[–] fossphi@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, but what if it flies into the tent and crushes me