They’re not always the smartest in a pinch, but I’ve personally dealt with horses clever enough to repeatedly open latched gates, figure out how to slide barn doors off of their track, and in one case, steal and attempt to hide the pool noodle another horse had been using to smack him all day.
That’s to say nothing for emotional intelligence.
Prey animals don’t have time to stop and think in a panic, but give them time and space to be bored and they figure stuff out.
The Noodler also had a favorite pointy stick that perfectly fit in his mouth. He would poke the others with it.
If you spend sufficient time around a horse, you’ll realize that they’re extremely stupid animals. Trust me, they never thought about it this much.
I beg to differ. Last year I happened across a horse wearing a top hat. Looked pretty smart to me.
Not smart enough to realize that those went out of style a hundred years ago.
Haha what a dumbass
I wonder if it was a mechanical horse being controlled by a rabbit under the hat. Hmm.
Oh no… You met the very rare landlord horse…
You didn’t see the monocle, because it must’ve been on the other side…
Thinking back now, it was collecting carrots and apples from a bunch of donkeys, so you may well be correct.
They’re not always the smartest in a pinch, but I’ve personally dealt with horses clever enough to repeatedly open latched gates, figure out how to slide barn doors off of their track, and in one case, steal and attempt to hide the pool noodle another horse had been using to smack him all day.
That’s to say nothing for emotional intelligence.
Prey animals don’t have time to stop and think in a panic, but give them time and space to be bored and they figure stuff out.
The Noodler also had a favorite pointy stick that perfectly fit in his mouth. He would poke the others with it.