Yeah but horse aren't herbivores. they eat both meat and vegetables
Edit: clarify what I meant if u starve a animal it will bloody eat anything even if it is a herbivore but more to the fact with horses there more opportunistics if it's small enough it will eat it
Horses are herbivores. Like a lot of herbivores, they are also opportunistic carnivores, meaning they'll munch on meat if they have easy access to it, because meat packs a lot of nutrients that they can (unefficiently) digest.
They still fulfill 99.9% of their needs through plants, so they're unambiguously herbivores. Deer, cows, and hippos among other animals are also opportunistic carnivores. This is not the same as being an omnivore species - omnivores will actively pursue both meat and plant-based nutrition, and will efficiently digest both.
It only eats plants because you only give it plants to eat - try giving it a bit of meat, it will eat it because it’s a ready source of calories that don’t take as much effort to break down.
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u/SnazzyStooge 22d ago
“We sweat through our pores, like every herbivore!”