The wild roan pinto stallion known as Clorox watches the rear as his band moves ahead of him. Spring is a tense time for band stallions as mating season draws lots of attention from competing males. They keep their bands close and as much distance from others as possible.
#WildHorseWednesday! 'Stallion school' on the north Onaqui range. The young grullo, Cooper, is getting a lesson from band stallion, Clorox. Sparring keeps the skills sharp for the older stallion and teaches the younger one skills he will need to win and keep his own band one day.
#MustangMonday! Sorry that I have been absent from here lately, but I have been in the west desert making new #Wildhorse#Art! Spring on the desert brings new grasses but there is still snow on the mountains. These three mares are from Chic's band in the north Onaqui herd and they are enjoying the new grass as they move to the waterhole.
Some horse won the 149th #KentuckyDerby just now. I don’t care. Two more #horses died today at Churchill Downs. That makes at least seven in recent days.
Ukrainian Soldiers Rescue Abandoned Horses From russian Artillery In Avdiyivka
When an abandoned horse farm in Avdiyivka was targeted by russian missiles, members of the Ukrainian military and a handful of volunteers risked their lives to save the animals.
Western science has finally admitted that #NativeAmericans had #horses, fed them, and even provided veterinary care centuries before any Europeans arrived on the continent - upending the colonialism narrative.
Tribes and oral history have always said this. It's about time archeologists took them seriously.
A season without much rain brought a dry dusty desert last fall in Utah's Onaqui Mountain range. These wild ones lines up perfectly for me on the hillside as the dust from their movement floats by.
The importance of the Yamnaya in the domestication of #horses is well known, & the latest evidence for the dating comes from skeletal form rather than #DNA, but I find it frustrating when a report refers to genetic evidence without mentioning a single haplogroup. Why? (Hoping to be more accessible to gneral reader?) #archaeology 1/n
#Introduction: I'm not new to the Fediverse, but just discovered this AZ server, so thought I'd investigate and get acquainted. I'll edit this intro more when I have a few more minutes, but wanted to go ahead and get at least a little something posted. I am especially interested in making local connections.
Hello
I am Catherine a writer living in #Shetland.
My first book is #naturewriting and tells the story of Shetland ponies and the people who love them. I am slowly starting #writing my second book and working on some short pieces.
I did an #anthropology PhD on Shetland ponies, #landscape and #identity and I mostly write about #nature#horses and how we feel at home in a place. #introduction