>>>I'm having a little trouble with this one, too. I can understand how over long (I mean looonnggg) periods of time stress could bring about change for the survival of a species or adaptation but I'm just not buying this in one generation
That's what I'm struggling to see too. Now, on the other hand, what I have no trouble understanding is how stress affects the nurture part of the nature/nurture balance. I'm sure a stressed mare could influence a foal to be nervous, distrustful, etc. And, since horses are such strong herd animals, just having a couple of stressed horses in the herd can throw the balance off for the whole herd. The $64,000 question is always how much of any horse's behavior is nature, and how much is nurture - can we ever tell 100% which is which? Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
