The horse tongue, like that of most mammals, is pink in color and plays an important role in taste perception. With its long, narrow shape typical of herbivorous animals, it enables the horse to grasp its vegetable food, with the help of its lips and teeth. This tongue is sensitive to pressure and temperature, and is involved in licking and chewing. Although the mare licks its foal for a long time immediately after birth, there is little research into the gustatory sensitivity of horses and the social use these animals make of their tongues.
The practice of equestrianism by human beings involves potential contact of the horse tongue with a bit, and so precautions must be taken to avoid possible injury to this sensitive, richly vascularized organ. In the event of compression due to unsuitable tacking or handing, the horse tongue turns white or blue, which can ultimately compromise the animal's general health. In equestrian sport, there is a controversial practice of tying up the tongue of racehorses.
The horsetongue, like that of most mammals, is pink in color and plays an important role in taste perception. With its long, narrow shape typical of herbivorous...
cuts, tears and ulcers in the horse's mouth. Swelling and bleeding bars can cause a horse to try to slide its tongue over the bit. Sudden action on the...
mouse thorn and horsetongue lily. The species name comes from two Greek words ὑπό (hypo) and γλῶσσα (glōssa) meaning under and tongue. The mature plant...
Patrik Kittel using rollkur during a competition warm-up, where the horse'stongue appeared to turn blue as a result of the manoeuvre. Despite the official...
required) Sloan, LaRue Love (September 2004). ""Caparisoned like the horse": Tongue and Tail in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew". Early Modern Literary...
Silent Tongue is a 1994 American Western horror film written and directed by Sam Shepard. It was filmed in the spring of 1992, but not released until 1994...
dental issues that make bit use painful, horses with certain training problems, and on horses with mouth or tongue injuries. Some riders also like to use...
Floriña, and the horse warns the girl to cut off its tongue. In a rapid movement, the girl grabs a knife, cuts off the horse'stongue and throws it on...
or hyperflexion of the horse's neck during warm up at a competition in Denmark caused international outcry. The horse'stongue appeared to turn blue as...
the tchick! used to spur on a horse (IPA [ǁ]), and the clip-clop! sound children make with their tongue to imitate a horse trotting (IPA [ǃ]). However,...
Gingering, or gingering the tail is the practice of making a horse carry its tail high, and to a lesser extent to encourage it to move in a lively fashion...
tongue). Horses select pieces of forage and pick up finer foods, such as grain, with their sensitive, prehensile lips. The front teeth of the horse,...
to horses that have achieved certain performance goals in dressage or driving competitions. KFPS-registered horses born prior to 1997 had tongue tattoos;...
free dictionary. A stable is a building in which livestock, especially horses, are kept. It most commonly means a building that is divided into separate...
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A curb bit works on several parts of a horse's head and mouth. The bit mouthpiece acts on the bars, tongue and roof of the mouth. The shanks add leverage...
His first CD, The Horse'sTongue, a collection of songs that had appeared on a number of self-released cassettes. The Horse'sTongue won Sacramento's SAMMIE...
Firewater and Forked Tongues: A Sioux Chief Interprets U.S. History, (1947), p. 4. Kadlecek, p. 143. Also, see Kingsley M. Bray, Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life...
A horseshoe is a product designed to protect a horse hoof from wear. Shoes are attached on the palmar surface (ground side) of the hooves, usually nailed...
of horse'stongue out the side of the mouth, having an assistant hold the tongue while the teeth are rasped. The horse will not bite its own tongue, and...
doi:10.1071/ZO9550583. Morita, Shelah I. (2008). "A phylogeny of long-tonguedhorse flies (Diptera:Tabanidae:Philoliche) with the first cladistic review...
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