> Giraffes have seven. > > Even stranger, imagine any short-necked mammal-a dolphin, a mole, a cow, a > human being-and you get exactly the same answer: Typically, they all have > just seven vertebrae, no matter how many millimeters or how many meters > long their neck might be.
So, our horses have seven vertebrae in their necks, same as a giraffe, same as a pig. With the longer-necked animals, such as giraffes or swans, it's easy to tell the shape that the vertebral column takes as the exterior neck follows the curve. Not so easy with a horse! The horse's exterior neck shape does not necessarily follow the shape of the vertebral column. Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
