HORSES
Horses are mammals. They eat different types of grass and
plants for food so they are technically called herbivores.
Some horses were domesticated from wild horses by humans at
least 5000 years ago. They are large and strong animals. Some breeds of horses
can pull heavy loads. Some horses are strong and fast so people use them as
racehorses. These horses can gallop up to 50 kilometers per hour.
A female horse is technically called a mare and a male horse
is generally called a stallion. Foal is the general term for a young horse. A
colt refers to a young male horse and a filly refers to a young female horse.
Horseshoes are used to protect the horse’ hooves from hard
or rough ground.
Vocabulary
- mammal (n): any animal of which the female gives birth to babies, not eggs, and feeds them on milk from her own body
- herbivore (n): an animal that eats only plants
- domesticate (v): to bring animals or plants under human control
- gallop (v): run fast so that all four feet come off the ground together
- mare (n): adult female horse
- stallion (n) : adult male horse
- foal (n): a young horse
- colt (n): a young male horse
- filly (n): a young female horse
- breed (n) : a particular type of an animal
True/False statement
Read the text again and write T if the statement is true and F if the stamen is False.
- Horses eat plants for food so they are herbivores.
- All types of breeds can pull heavy loads.
- Some horses were domesticated from wild horses about 5000 years ago.
- Some horses can run up to 100 kilometers per hour.
- An adult male horse is called a stallion.
