Interesting Horse Facts
Samantha Jane
February 28, 2008
You´ve probably seen horses do this strange thing with their noses and wondered what it was all about. If you give your horse something different to eat, or if he´s checking something out by smelling it, he will often raise his head and wrinkle his nose .
Well it´s officially called the Flehmen Response and it allows odours to reach special odlour sensing receptors further back in the horse´s skull. The Flehmen Response is mostly displayed by stallions when they are checking a mare´s urine to see if she´s ready for breeding.
Samantha writes articles on several subjects including horse health issues, horse riding tips and horse rescue stories. To read more articles please visit our Horse Riding website
Well it´s officially called the Flehmen Response and it allows odours to reach special odlour sensing receptors further back in the horse´s skull. The Flehmen Response is mostly displayed by stallions when they are checking a mare´s urine to see if she´s ready for breeding.
Samantha writes articles on several subjects including horse health issues, horse riding tips and horse rescue stories. To read more articles please visit our Horse Riding website