All Eyes and Ears

The horse in the wild depends on keen eyesight and acute hearing to detect danger and flee from predators before they get close enough to attack.
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Through observation and some research we’ve learned about how horses take in their environment, and we can manage them better because of that.

The horse in the wild depends on keen eyesight and acute hearing to detect danger and flee from predators before they get close enough to attack. The horse's vision is wide-range (taking in almost the entire horizon), and his hearing is well-developed to help him determine from which direction danger might be approaching. You'll see these sharp senses at work in the domesticated horse, too.

In this article we'll take a look at how the horse's eyes and ears function.

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Heather Smith Thomas ranches with her husband near Salmon, Idaho, raising cattle and a few horses. She has a B.A. in English and history from University of Puget Sound (1966). She has raised and trained horses for 50 years, and has been writing freelance articles and books nearly that long, publishing 20 books and more than 9,000 articles for horse and livestock publications. Some of her books include Understanding Equine Hoof Care, The Horse Conformation Handbook, Care and Management of Horses, Storey’s Guide to Raising Horses and Storey’s Guide to Training Horses. Besides having her own blog, www.heathersmiththomas.blogspot.com, she writes a biweekly blog at https://insidestorey.blogspot.com that comes out on Tuesdays.

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