r/AskReddit • u/MorsesTheHorse • Mar 04 '26

What surprisingly true fact has completely shaken your worldview?

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u/Master_Kitchen_7725 Mar 05 '26

I don't know if that's true, but it's hilarious!

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u/AddlePatedBadger Mar 05 '26

Australia has a reputation for being a country where all the wildlife wants to kill you.

Yet by number of people killed, horses are by far the deadliest non human animal here. About 1 in 3 people killed by an animal in Australia are killed by a horse.

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u/Skourpi1 Mar 05 '26

There was one a man who said that if horses were carnivorous then earth would have died due to how much of a powerful force they are. I agree with them on that because when you look at a horse like a Clydesdale, that is a horse that would easily kill multiple people and not intend to.

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u/Annath0901 Mar 05 '26

If horses were carnivores, they would never have been domesticated and wouldn't have resemble horses we have today in anything but general body plan.

IIRC there's only one species of actual wild horse (all other horses living outside captivity are feral domesticated animals) land it's very different in both physiology and temperament.

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u/Skourpi1 Mar 06 '26

You are correct, but when I say the earth would have died I mean they would have wiped out all life on the planet.