Do you know which land mammal has the largest eyes?

Of all the land animals, Horses have the largest eyes. The eyes of a horse is about 2 inches in diameter, Their eyes are known as equine eye and can cover upto 350° of field view, and have blind spots immediately in front and behind their body. In this almost 285° is monocular vision which means they can use each eyes separately to see.

Horse is one of those few animals which have been domesticated for a really long time. Horses were domesticated even before 3500 BC. And it was believed that, this domestication took place first in Central Asia. So here is a few fun facts about horses, enjoy reading them.

Horses’ eyes are the largest eyes of all the land mammals.
Horses have ability to judge distance at high speed.
Monocular vision allow horses to see two different thing at a time.
Binocular vision help horses to focus on single thing at a time.
Horses can easily switch between monocular and binocular vision.
Horses’ eyes are the largest eyes of all the land mammals.
There exist horses which cannot be domesticated at all, these are called wild horses.
Przewalski’s horse is the only one truly wild horse. That means, these guys ancestors were never domesticated.
A Baby horse is called as a foal.
Foals can stand up just one hour after they were born, but cannot eat grass for a long time. This is because their legs are too long for their mouth to reach the grass on the ground.
Horses are one of those very few animals which can sleep both standing up and lying down.
Did you know horses don’t have the collarbone?
An average horse will eat around 11 Kg food and drink up to 45 litres of water.
A horse sleeps for around 2.9 hours per day.
Did you know that a horse can weigh up to almost 1000 Kg.

That’s all for now. I hope you enjoyed reading these facts. If you know more facts about horses, please don’t forget to comment below.

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