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horse science

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Question
i have a science fair coming up and i was wondering if you could help me with and idea to do with horses cause im completely lost and want to do a project on them

Answer
Do a comparison of horse anatomy to human anatomy. The bones and organs are the same but there are adaptive differences between the two. for instance, the appendix in people is very small and is huge in the horse- it is called the cecum in the horse. the leg bones are the same but the horse has fewer- the bones of the wrist and the hand of a person match those of the huge leg bones in the lower legs of the horse, but much different sizes. the bone in the hoof is the same bone that is in the very tip of your middle finger and the hoof itself corresponds to the fingernail. There is alot moer but you need to get books on the anatomy of a horse and a human to see these organs and bones. We are all mammals and we are all basically the same.