Behavior and Perception

Question 1

what are the 3 primary hearing functions in horses?

Answer 1

detect sound, determine location, what is the sound?

Question 2

do stallions or mares hear better?

Answer 2

stallions

Question 3

range of detected hearing in horses

Answer 3

55 Hz to 33.5 kHz

Question 4

horses ears can move ______ using _____ muscles?

Answer 4

180 degrees, 10 muscles

Question 5

what else can a horse’s ears tell us?

Answer 5

mood, what they’re paying attention to

Question 6

T/F; horses have the largest eye of any land mammal?

Answer 6

true

Question 7

horses eyes are ______ positioned to see ____ degrees?

Answer 7

laterally to see 350 degrees

Question 8

degree of binocular and monocular vision

Answer 8

65 bi
285 mono

Question 9

what is the visual streak???

Answer 9

where they see best

Question 10

a horse has ____/___ vision?

Answer 10

20/30

Question 11

what is the built in sunglasses in the horses eye?

Answer 11

corpora nigra

Question 12

horses naturally see what colors?

Answer 12

blue and green

Question 13

horses see better in cloudy or bright lighting?

Answer 13

cloudy

Question 14

T/F; people see better at night than horses?

Answer 14

false

Question 15

what is contactual/reactive behavior?

Answer 15

shelter, communication, vocalization

Question 16

what behavior signifies dominance, submission, and herd status using escape patterns, postures, etc?

Answer 16

agonistic

Question 17

how are dominance hierarchies established?

Answer 17

aggression with threats like ear pinning, biting threats and kicking threats

Question 18

horses have what type of hierarchy?

Answer 18

linear

Question 19

what are some submissive behaviors?

Answer 19

teeth clacking, moving away

Question 20

behavior of giving care or attention, mutual grooming?

Answer 20

epimeletic

Question 21

behavior of signaling for care or attention, initiating the grooming?

Answer 21

et-epimeletic

Question 22

inspection of the environment using senses and movement?

Answer 22

investigative behavior

Question 23

to see far objects horses ______ their head?

Answer 23

raise

Question 24

horses urinate every ____ hours and defecate?

Answer 24

urinate: 4-6 hours
defecate: 2-3 hours

Question 25

what is coprophagy?

Answer 25

eating feces

Question 26

behavior of taking food or water into digestive tract?

Answer 26

ingestive

Question 27

this behavior is known as mimicry and is common among horses?

Answer 27

allelomimetic

Question 28

horses sleep ____ hours a day?

Answer 28

3

Question 29

horses stand ____% of the day and lay down?

Answer 29

80% 22 hours standing and 2 hours laying

Question 30

what are the 2 types of sleep?

Answer 30

slow-wave (standing) and REM (laying)

Question 31

sexual behavior includes?

Answer 31

courtship, mating, maternal