Originally Posted by
UTAH
A scientific, yet trivial, note. I've mentioned I like to go out on the Pony Express Trail for a day or two. What I have not mentioned, is some of the history associated with that act.
Some of the horses out there on the trail are very unique. For, they are descendants of horses brought over by Spaniards during the conquest of South America. The "Spanish" horses have one fewer vertebrae than a regular horse. And, if a horse is the leader of a group, it is typically a Spanish horse that is doing it.
Hunter
To continue with a bit more trivia: Arabian horses have one less vertebrae in their back, one less in their tail and one less pair of ribs.
My vote on the first one to bring back---the Woolly Mammoth
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