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#equids — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. An early Iron Age mule from Catalonia pushes hybrid equid breeding in Europe back centuries. Its bones reveal trade networks, local innovation, and a rapidly changing Mediterranean world. #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #IronAge #Equids anthropology.net/p/a-hybrid-ho

  2. Wild #donkeys and #horses engineer water holes that help other species sciencenews.org/article/wild-d

    #Equids engineer #desert water availability science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc

    They documented 57 vertebrate species, from migratory #birds to #MountainLions, slurping at the wells, which is about equal to the number of species seen at streams and 64 percent higher than dry spots... The water is quite cool, and cleaner than other sources.

  3. #Horses are maybe the most studied #fossil #mammals (I did 1/3 of my dissertation on them!). They've been central to understanding #evolution for as long as #evolutionary #biology has existed, so it was thrilling to see #zebras, the most widespread wild #equids, upon arriving in #Zambia!

  4. Because it's always #Wedsneigh around here, I'm posting this pic from last Wednesday, a few hours before 50 mph winds made this sedate longe impossible.
    #Horses #HorsesOfMastodon #Equids #EquidsAroundUs
    #TopaTopaMountains #VenturaCounty #Ojai

  5. ‘zebra stripes thwart horsefly attacks’ news now… “any hoofed animal that reduces its overall dark outline against the sky will benefit” #DazzleCamouflage #Zebras #Equids #Horseflies #ExperimentalBiology apple.news/A-R3-n0VFR3alqLgJKM

  6. ‘zebra stripes thwart horsefly attacks’ news now… “any hoofed animal that reduces its overall dark outline against the sky will benefit” #DazzleCamouflage #Zebras #Equids #Horseflies #ExperimentalBiology apple.news/A-R3-n0VFR3alqLgJKM

  7. ‘zebra stripes thwart horsefly attacks’ news now… “any hoofed animal that reduces its overall dark outline against the sky will benefit” #DazzleCamouflage #Zebras #Equids #Horseflies #ExperimentalBiology apple.news/A-R3-n0VFR3alqLgJKM