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Why do horses have chestnuts?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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Horses don´t have chestnuts, it is a couler.

horses do have chestnuts on the inside of their legs, it is the traces of an old toe from prehistoric times when horses were more like dogs. it is said that the chestnut fuses the horses legs together inside the womb and it breaks during birth, im not sure if that is correct though.

These grow sometimes, and have to be cut down a little bit. If not, they will interfere with the horse's movement.

They are parts of old bone from there prehistoric times they used to be toes

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Not every horse may have a chestnut, but a lot of them do. This is because a chestnut is like a callous on the inside of a horse's leg (not under the skin, but not on the outside where it would face the world, it would face the horse's other leg. Sort of like the inside and outside direction in a round pin...)

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no they only have 1 stomachs like humans

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No,only two on their back legs

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