[RC] Horse smarts - Kristi SchaafKathie - The problem is that lots of people judge horse intelligence by human standards and not horse standards. Because we're predators and they're prey, our versions of intelligence are very different. Personally, I feel that horses are more intelligent than humans if you put the two species on a comparison basis. Until the 'natural' horsemanship wave came about and we started really trying to understand our horses, they were mostly expected to figure out what humans were trying to communicate, instead of vice versa. The fact that their species is better at reading us than we are at reading them is enough proof for me that they are 'smarter'! Kristi ===== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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