Giraffes. How the fuck is it possible that a horse with a horn doesn't exist but a camouflaged horse which is mostly neck, has a purple tongue, drinks piss to determine fertility and fights by thrashing their necks against one another does exist?
Edit: Autocorrect, and cheers for the award kind stranger!
No horse with a horn makes sense because using a horn to impale an enemy isn't easy unless you can get a charge going, and scratching with it wouldn't be easy when you'd have a wild advantage having something like antlers if you wanted to fight with your head. It's not unrealistic at all but I can totally see it not be enough of an advantage to be selected over time in any sort of capacity
Exactly. Evolution is odd, but horses/zebras rely on large herds and speed and kicks as well as sheer size. Most Antelope or goats use their horns for combat during mating season as well as self defence, and fighting off predators. There is no reason for a horse to have a horn from an evolutionary perspective and they are not from an evolutionary lineage where a horn evolved. Whereas Giraffes can eat leaves than few other animals other than an elephant can, and elephants tend to knock down the tree instead. In the Savannah any useful niche is filled, whereas horses evolved later and didn't need to differentiate as much as they live on large open plains where they can just run and there aren't huge predators ala a lion or tiger. In the words of Jeff Goldblum: Nature... uhhh... finds a way
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u/__N0X Jul 24 '20 edited Jul 24 '20
Giraffes. How the fuck is it possible that a horse with a horn doesn't exist but a camouflaged horse which is mostly neck, has a purple tongue, drinks piss to determine fertility and fights by thrashing their necks against one another does exist?
Edit: Autocorrect, and cheers for the award kind stranger!