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OUR FAITHFUL

FRIENDS:

HORSES

Do you know that after dogs, our most loyal friends are horses?
Domestic horses never leave their owners if they are able not to.
These loyal friends, can carry us kilometres without becoming

tired. Horses are the animals that have helped man most

throughout history.
Today, you can see thousands of cars on the streets and there are
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many motorways built for these cars. Cars, however, came into the
service of man only in the last century. At the time your

grandfather's grandfather was born, there were no cars. In those
years, animals, especially horses, were used for transportation.
Do you know that you can identify the age of a horse by looking at

its incisors? Indeed, since the grass on which horses feed contains sand

and dust, their teeth wear out gradually
and the degree of this indicates their
age. Despite this, however, horses' teeth

are very long. These teeth are similar to

long strips buried deep in the roots of
the jawbone. That is, compared to our
teeth, the roots of horses' teeth reside

deep inside. As the teeth wear out, the