Have you ever wondered how clever horses are? Anyone who has spent time with horses will have realized they have great strength but are they equally as intelligent?...
Scientists have compared the mental capacity of horses to humans. They have concluded that a horse has the same capabilities as a 12-year-old human child...
So, horses are pretty smart, but are some breeds smarter than others? We need to get one thing straight to start with – a smart horse is not necessarily a good thing!...
Horses have very large skulls, and you might assume that they have an equally large brain in there! However, this isn’t the case, and a horse’s brain is actually quite small...
So, as we’ve learned, horses can be very smart and are capable of working out some complex puzzles. However, their instincts will sometimes overrule their brains, leading them to do crazy and reckless things...