Are horses intelligent?

[sight-pin]

Horses trying to act intelligent are just taking people for a ride

 

[bonsaibilly]

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?

Dude, they either just smelt it or visualised it and recognised it... what's left to wonder about?!

b-b

 

[Andy_R]

I asked a lady rider, who also had a border collie, how the intelligence of her horse and dog compared. She said that horses are intelligent, but that its hard to make a direct comparison because the dog is descended from predators, and the horse is a flight animal, so they see the world in completely different ways.
Graham

If horses were intelligent, they'd be riding humans around Aintree, and putting them to sleep killing them when they broke their legs.

 

[winjim]

Our cat can recognise her box when it's time to go to the vet, and she's the stupidest animal on the planet.

 

[Andy_R]

Our cat can recognise her box when it's time to go to the vet, and she's the stupidest animal on the planet.

When she gets in the box, is she still a cat? Or does she cease to exist.....

 

[stephec]

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?

Maybe they've been for a ride in one many times before?

Their owner might drop them a couple of sugar cubes to tempt them in, so they get all giddy at the sight of the box.

 

[bonsaibilly]

When she gets in the box, is she still a cat? Or does she cease to exist.....

Winjimger's Cat.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Dude, they either just smelt it or visualised it and recognised it... what's left to wonder about?!

b-b

Therefore they are intelligent.

 

[Accy cyclist]

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

Er sorry but that's not funny.

 

[Andy_R]

Therefore they are intelligent.

Nope..they are congnisant...different kettle of fish shaped things...they recognise shapes and react accordantly

 

[winjim]

When she gets in the box, is she still a cat? Or does she cease to exist.....

I am often tempted to put in a vial of poison and some radioisotopes.

 

[Andy_R]

Er sorry but that's not funny.

Actually, yes it is, especially in this context.....

 

[Andy_R]

I am often tempted to put in a vial of poison and some radioisotopes.

Evil barsteward

 

[lutonloony]

We once had a 3/4 Arab gelding. His field was next to a woman known locally as a bit of an eccentric. Her bungalow garden bordered the horse field, and she was known to be a bit animal mad. I once went into her house and there was birdshit all over the lounge. She told me that she kept the windows open so the birds could come in and feed in comfort. She did not own cats.

Anyway, having set the scene, the point of this story. The horse had one day stood at the gate next to her garden and coughed. She did the only thing she could think of and soaked a sugar cube in Bells and gave it to him. She tells us he returned every day to the same gate and coughed.

Who had the other 1/4?

 

[Bollo]

Who had the other 1/4?

Me. He was very tasty.