Yeah this seemed anomalous to me too. Where are they? Latin America?
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Replying to @Meaningness @literalbanana
That was a guess. Websearch suggests it's mostly the Americas, though China and Mongolia have a lot.https://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2007/09/12/world-horse-population-58m/ …
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Replying to @St_Rev @literalbanana
“big if true” but why?? I mean I like riding horses but this is silly hard to believepic.twitter.com/uxXEy5ic3n
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Also what are the other 6 million non-recreational horses doing? Call center work?
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A display in a natural history museum somehow really affected me strongly and has stuck with me. It was a human skeleton riding a horse skeleton with a dog skeleton running alongside.
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The accompanying text explained the unique three-species synergistic cooperation that made hunting together dramatically more effective than humans, wolves, or humans+wolves could be, and the protection & provision for horses.
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Replying to @Meaningness @MorlockP and
On the theory that civilization was driven primarily as a response to horse-warriors, that synergy is the basis of everything.
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