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Equus ferus caballus
Believed to be ancestors of Spanish horses that explorers brought to North America, these horse have roamed the Outer Banks beaches of North Carolina at least from the 1500's. Numbering at 80 - 100 in the herd, they are seen daily roaming the beaches of Corolla NC.
Spotted on Sep 19, 2009
Submitted on Aug 19, 2012
8 Comments
Lovely spotting. It's nice to know they're adapted and surviving there. Genetic study might be interesting.
sa-weet! wild horses are da bomb yo.
That's very cool!
Very neat!! I'd love to do THAT!! I read that book as a teenager and loved it!! Can't remember much of it NOW, but... ;-)
These are a different herd but are similar horse. Misty of Chincoteague is a book about a wild horse there. Those horses are driven each year from one island to another.
We vacationed at Carova NC where you need a 4 wheel drive vehicle to get to your house and you wake up with horses grazing in your front yard!
Very neat spotting!! Aren't these the horses of Chincoteague?? I would love to see these in the wild!!!
The horses roam free and they do breed. It is believed they are related to Spanish Mustangs. They are small horses at about 14 hands.
kf4daw, welcome to Project Noah. Sorry, could you explain a bit better what you mean? which race are these animals? are they breed in USA now?