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A horses legs have changed over time to accommodate a new type of environment and lifestyle for the horse. The first horses began as a fox sized browser that ate leaves and lived in a forest where multiple toes was an advantage for a prey animal. As the environment changed and gave way to grasslands the horse began to loose it's extra toes and become a grazer. It's legs lengthened to provided better speed and height in the tall grasses and a single toe was all they needed to survive.
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How have the use of horses in movies changed over time?
It has become a lot more humane. In very old movies to make horses fall a line would be placed in front of the animal's legs causing it to trip and fall. These days computer generated graphics are used for these sceans.
What are the chesnuts for on a horse's leg?
The chestnuts on a horses legs actually were, a long time ago, a "toe" so to speak. Of course, evolution has changed that all, and now all it is is a oval-ish thing on a horses leg!
How have the use of horses changed over time?
Horses were used for transportation, herding cattle, pulling barges, pulling plows and other work. Today they are pets for the rich to ride and race.
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How have the laws of physics changed of time?
The laws of physics have not changed over time. Our understanding of them has changed over time.
How many legs does a horse?
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What was used as transportation in queen elizabeth I's time?
Your legs, boats/ships and horses !
Did the microphone always looked the same in 1876?
no they have changed over time. no they have changed over time.
