Articles: bolting

Horses are spooky because they are prey animals. In the wild it is the spookiest prey animals who will survive the longest. Horses that are too slow to react to danger will be the eaten. Instinct says run now and ask questions later. If you even think, hear, or smell danger, run first. Horses would rather be 100 miles away and then ask if it was really a tiger that they heard in the bushes. In the wild, horses can not afford to stop and think. A spooky horse will be reactive, jumpy, nervous and quick to take flight. Why? Because as a prey animal, the horse must constantly be on the lookout for looming danger, which could be behind a rock, hiding in the tall grass, or prowling in the bushes. Those that react and bolt the quickest are more likely to survive in the wild.


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