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Re: [RC] hay in hind gut//Frankfurters in Fore Gut - Beverley H. Kane, MDTitle: Re: hay in hind gut//Frankfurters in Fore Gut I had been skeptical of the alleged capacity of a horse’s hind gut.Then I rec’d this article in today’s New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Wiener-Wars.html?_r=1&oref=slogin “Takeru Kobayashi, 27, a 160-pound wonder from Japan, set a new record by devouring a sickening 53 3/4 frankfurters in 12 minutes to win the annual Independence Day hot dog eating competition on Coney Island. ... Kobayashi, a top-ranked eater [in international competitive eating], once ate 17.7 pounds of pan-seared cow brains to win $25,000.” Do the math. 80 lbs is 9% of a 900 lb horse. 17.7 lbs is 11% of a 160 lb man. Bon appetit Beverley _____________________________________ Beverley Kane, MD Horsensei Equine-Assisted Learning & Therapy Woodside, CA http://www.horsensei.com On 7/7/06 5:19 PM, "heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: A horse that REALLY eats a lot (I know mine can, because I've weighed what they eat) can eat up to about 40 lb of dry hay in a 24-hour period, and they have about 48 hours' worth on board. Still, that's 80 lbs of dry hay, but it's mixed in a slurry with a lot of water.
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