Are horses intelligent?

[lutonloony]

I'm still wondering how the horse recognised the horse box from about 100 yards across the road.The next time i plan on passing that field i might take some carrots for the horses, but what if it's full of cows instead. Do cows eat carrots?

No, but carrots go very well with beef

 

[Andy_R]

Me. He was very tasty.

And every other fudger who shopped for burgers at Tesco that week...

 

[lazybloke]

I'd consider the local nags more intelligent if they didn't keep eating my fence posts.

Sidenote: Aren't posts usually impregnated with arsenic/chromium, or have I somehow ended up with sugarlump flavoured posts?

 

[outlash]

Can you recognise your van from about 100 yards across the road? If yes, then you are about as intelligent as a horse.

That's out of order. On horses.

 

[Andy_R]

I'm still wondering how the horse recognised the horse box from about 100 yards across the road.The next time i plan on passing that field i might take some carrots for the horses, but what if it's full of cows instead. Do cows eat carrots?

Yes, absolutely, cows eat carrots. (And Swedes....Cows are not usually recognised to be carnivorous, but they are) But only after the horses do. How else do you think they can see in the dark? And by the way, mares eat oats and Does eat oats, and little lambs eat ivy.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Horses are intelligent .... it just that Hooves are not well adapted to keyboards so we'll never really know ....

 

[bonsaibilly]

I can't stop myself using keyboard shortcuts to manage every little task... I'm a CTRL freak

 

[midlife]

We had a Cob called Silly William, he weighed half a metric ton but was scared by a rusting crisp packet ......but would do anything for a polo mint

Loved him to bits but would struggle to give him an IQ above our poodle

Shaun

 

[slowmotion]

My father was a vet and spent most of his career treating horses. He said they were magnificent animals....but as thick as pigsh*t.

 

[ayceejay]

Is this about intelligence, this thread?

 

[Andy_R]

A friend of mine is really into medieval re-enactment (when I say a friend of mine, I actually mean a friend of mine, not me). He's a keen falconer and horseman. He reckons that owls and horses are at about the same level of intelligence. We're talking custard slice here......

 

[Accy cyclist]

Evil barsteward

Yes i don't know if it's "humour" or he actually means it.

 

[slowmotion]

Do any other animals (apart from particularly neurotic dogs) need to wear coats??????

 

[Andy_R]

Yes i don't know if it's "humour" or he actually means it.

ermmm...it's humour...as was my response......

 

[Accy cyclist]

My father was a vet and spent most of his career treating horses. He said they were magnificent animals....but as thick as pigsh*t.

ermmm...it's humour...as was my response......

So was mine but i suppose it wasn't that funny.