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Plenty of Horsepower: Amish Man Accused of Drag Racing in Buggy

You might call this alleged street racer a rebel without a car. Police in Ashland, Ohio, say they have charged an Amish man with driving left of center after he clipped a motorist during a horse-and-buggy race. Law enforcement officials say Jacob Raber was the man behind the reins when a horse carriage struck a car on...

Cowboys Rescue Horse From Drain With Manure [VIDEO]

Sometimes a happy ending and a crappy ending are the same thing. When five cowboys in Memphis for a roping competition saw a horse stuck in a storm drain on Beale Street, they snapped into action with some Western smarts, using manure as a lubricant to free the animal. "We didn't actually pick him up," Philip Murrah of...

Study: Why Seahorses Look Like Horses

"A horse is a horse, of course, of course, and no one can talk to a horse, of course," so why does a seahorse look so much like, well, a horse? With the theme song from the 1960s sitcom "Mr. Ed" fading in the distance, the question of how seahorses evolved with a very equine-like head and neck is at the heart of a new...

Cops: Drunken Cowboys Arrested on Horse and Mule

You can lead a horseback-riding cowboy to a watering hole, but you can't make him drink responsibly. Police in Austin, Texas, arrested two men on charges of drunken driving after they allegedly blocked traffic on East Sixth Street while riding a horse and a mule. Jose Rios, 33, and Samuel Olivo Jr., 48, were nabbed after...

Dreadlocked Donkey Is One Rare Ass

(July 21) -- This is not your typical hairy ass. This is Lambada, one of the incredibly rare Baudet de Poitou donkeys of Poitou-Charente, France. With 600 to 1,000 in existence, the Poitou are among the world's most endangered animals. "These donkeys are more rare than the white rhino," said Maryon Attwood, chairwoman...

Background on horse

The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is an odd-toed ungulate mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae.

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