Horse Facts
Body Parts
Trails of Purpose
Similarities
Mixed Bag
100

A group of horses living together

Herd

100
The hair along a horse's neck

Mane

100

True or False: Trails of Purpose offers services to clients free of charge

True!

100

True or False: Horses can have allergies like humans do

True! Horses can be allergic to different plants/pollen in their environment and even different types of grains (ex. soy)

100

True or False: The horse and seahorse are distant relatives

False - seahorses are fish and have no relation to actual horses!
200

True or False: A horse can sleep standing up

True - horses have a special group of muscles, tendons, and ligaments that allow them to keep their legs locked in place while at rest when standing

200

True or False: Horses have 2 knees

True! Horses have knees on their front legs but not on their back legs

200

Name the 2 cities in Hampton Roads where Trails of Purpose has a farm

Chesapeake

Virginia Beach

200

Name 2 body parts that a horse has the same number of as humans do

Eyes

Ears

Tongue

Nose

Knees

200

True or False: Horses can recognize people by their smell

True! The horse's strongest sense is their sense of smell, and they get the most information about things in their environment from smelling them

300

Name 3 things a horse eats (not including treats!)

Hay

Grass

Grain

300

Horses have hooves - name 3 other animals in Virginia that also have hooves

Cows

Goats

Deer

Pigs

Sheep


300

Name 3 emotions that horses experience that humans also experience

Fear/Worry/Anxiety/Nervousness

Excitement/Happiness

Calmness/Contentment

Acceptance (regarding friendship with others)

Silliness

Loneliness/Isolated

Protective

400

True or False: The horse is a distant relative of the rhinoceros

True! Aside from donkeys and zebras, the next closest relative to the horse is the rhino

500

In addition to horses, Trails of Purpose has these animals at the Chesapeake farm (5 types of animals)

Cats

Dogs

Sheep

Goats

Pigs

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