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Yes, this is a real thing that people do.
According to a Miami Herald writer who horse-surfed with Beach Horses in Bradenton Beach, Fla., you’re led into the ocean bareback on a horse, and once the animal is submerged in water up to its shoulders, you’re free to stand up on its back and “surf.”
Stuff Mom Never Told You about Ponies and Drinking
by Molly Edmonds | November 18, 2010
If your weekend plans include re-reading “Black Beauty” while drinking a few bottles of wine, then boy oh boy, do I have some podcast episodes for you. This week on Stuff Mom Never Told You, we took on two of the great passions of women — a good horse and a good cocktail.
Photos – Fiery Festivals in Europe make for amazing pictures
by Marshall Brain | February 3, 2010
Sometimes there are photographs that just blow you away. This is a set of pictures like that. Where else are you going to see horses galloping through bonfires? Fiery European Festivals There are two festivals depicted. The first: Up Helly Aa, a fire festival celebrated for over 130 years now in Scotland’s Shetland islands This [...]
Have you ever thought about this – why don’t people ride zebras? Despite the movie Racing Stripes, zebras are not commonly domesticated. But why? People do ride horses. And zebras look a lot like horses – Zebras have four legs, hooves, manes, swishy tales, etc. and look almost exactly like horses with stripes. So why [...]
What does it take to create the world’s smallest horse? You start with a miniature horse and add dwarfism. The result is Thumbelina, who is only 17.5 inches. Roughly 4 and a half hands: Koda is going to give Thumbelina a run for her money – Not much bigger than a cat: Meet Koda the [...]
Genetic Breakthrough May Let You Saddle up a Zebra
by Robert Lamb | June 10, 2009
Want to ride a zebra like Tanya Roberts in “Sheena, Queen of the Jungle?” Well, a little genetics stands in the way of that, and a team of scientists claim to have discovered the very genes responsible.
Archimedes’ death ray is one of history’s most fabled legendary weapons — but what was it? Was it even real? Listen in as Candace and Jane sift through the legends and find the facts behind the ancient death ray in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.
You asked: Why do we have cars when we could have horses on the road and save money on gas? — Mackenzie, Brisbane, Australia Marshall answered: It’s probably because horses have problems compared to cars. “Normal” horses have a top speed of perhaps 30 mph, and they can’t go that speed for very long. Horses [...]
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