> Andrew Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Finally got around to setting up a Flickr account,
> largely cos I have
> some pics of where I am currently working in
> Mongolia, thought you may
> be interested, esp Debbie as there is a pic of some
> very cute Mongolian
> horses grazing on the Gobi (There are no fences, and
> was a troop of
> about 20, but I missed the rest, as the wild-maned
> black stallion led
> them off as we approached - they may be wild or just
> nomad owned, not sure)
 
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
> 
> Frozen Feet Maru


Hey, you might be colder than I was last weekend! 
(Our high temp Sat was 7oF, low -13.)   Your ponies
look like typical Mongolian nomad horses - very tough,
hardy and having impressive endurance (there's a
national race that involves children racing back at
best speed for something like 30-45 minutes, IIRC,
after having already walked a couple of hours to the
starting place).

The true Mongolian wild horse, the taki, aka
Prezhwalski's (sp!) horse, had been extinct in the
wild but was reintroduced not too long ago; it has one
more chromosome (I think, but am not positive - might
be one less) than our domestic horses/ponies.

Debbi
who had to hand-carry buckets of water to the horses
this weekend b/c the automatic waterer lines froze

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