Horses – Smithsonian Magazine

MONGOLIA'S WILD HORSES

FOR SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE

The Remarkable Comeback of Przewalski’s Horse Once nearly extinct, the population of these wild horses has rebounded on the dusty steppes of Mongolia

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The holy animal of Mongolia is big-headed and stocky, like a pudgy foal that overgrew in odd places. Its body is the color of a stirred cappuccino, but the legs are dark, as if dressed in stockings. Its muzzle is white, its mane black and bristly, erect as a fresh-cut mohawk. A matching line runs like a racing stripe all the way down the horse’s back. The babies are often pale gray, and woolly like lambs, and while any sensible human would immediately want to pet one, if not outright hug it, wolves see lunch.

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