TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhy do horses allow humans to ride on their backs?message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down16
arrow-up1156arrow-down1message-squareWhy do horses allow humans to ride on their backs?TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 hours agoI’m pulling this from some random place in my head but horses have a strict hierarchy. There’s a head horse that runs first and people became the head horse. This is in stark contrast to zebras that don’t give a shit and cause chaos.
minus-squareDantesFreezer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoI first heard about this reading “guns germs and steel” around 2006 so I’ma guess that’s the origin or at least a waypoint for that thought
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 hours agoThe random place in your head is likely a CGP Grey video about animal domestication. 😁
I’m pulling this from some random place in my head but horses have a strict hierarchy. There’s a head horse that runs first and people became the head horse. This is in stark contrast to zebras that don’t give a shit and cause chaos.
I first heard about this reading “guns germs and steel” around 2006 so I’ma guess that’s the origin or at least a waypoint for that thought
The random place in your head is likely a CGP Grey video about animal domestication. 😁