Posted:
Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:32 pmby MoapaPk
truchas wrote:Don't know if this is true or not because it lacks a citation, but this is what Wikipedia says:
"However, Ancient DNA studies have shown that the wild ancestors (Equus ferus ferus) of all modern domestic horses originated on the North American continent."
If you feel inclined,
this website is dedicated to the preservation of these animals.
Horses did originate on the North American continent, but were essentially extinct by ~10000 years before present. In fact, there were also elephants on the NA continent till perhaps 5000 years ago.
Posted:
Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:11 pmby ScottyS
Haha - talk about reaching.....anything in there about Cheatgrass DNA? No.
The really funny part is - these animals are nowhere near needing "assistance" or "preservation". They breed faster than the BLM can contrive to get rid of them without howls of anguish. Think of the feral horse as a really, really large rodent.
Posted:
Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:57 amby MoapaPk
Good restraint, truchas!
I have to agree with a lot of ScottyS' comments... I just try a lighter touch.
Posted:
Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:08 amby ScottyS
truchas wrote:ScottyS wrote:Haha - talk about reaching.....anything in there about Cheatgrass DNA? No.
The really funny part is - these animals are nowhere near needing "assistance" or "preservation". They breed faster than the BLM can contrive to get rid of them without howls of anguish. Think of the feral horse as a really, really large rodent.
Why do you hate horse copulation?
Heh, I'd encourage it if they'd let us eat 'em. Horse meat is good.
Posted:
Tue Dec 29, 2009 10:40 pmby KathyW