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How big is the horses brain?

Updated: 10/8/2023
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13y ago

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A horse's brain is about the size of a standard food can. A can of corn is often used as the analogy. Most of this is taken up with hind- and mid-brain (the 'reptilian brain' or parts of the brain that keep body functions such as breathing and heart rate regulated, and allow movement).

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13y ago

Surprisingly, horses' brains are pretty small even though horses are very big and intelligent animals. I'm not sure of the exact size but I believe there about as big as human brains or smaller.

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13y ago

The diameter of a horse's brain ranges from a little over an inch to nearly four inches in some breeds. An average saddle horse has a brain diameter of about three inches at full maturity. From birth to adulthood, I'm guessing that the overall average is around two to two-and-a-half inches.

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12y ago

Well the size can vary considerably even within one breed but I think I remember hearing that a horses head weighs about 40 pounds.

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11y ago

A horses brain weighs roughly 22 ounces which comes out to 1 pound 6 ounces.

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10y ago

An average horse's brain weighs 532 grams

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12y ago

In their head!

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