"A horse is a horse, of course of course."(Mr. Ed Theme Song by Ray Evans & Jay Livingston)
You can call me a horse, of course.
You can call me an equine.
You can call me an odd toed ungulate.
But don't call me late for dinner.
Honestly, I won't be offended if you call me an odd toed ungulate. It's sort of like when Mr. OnceUpon gives Mrs. OnceUpon a hug and says, "You smell like a horse." And Mrs. OnceUpon replies, "Why, thank you!"
I'm proud to be an odd toed ungulate which means I'm a hooved animal with an odd number of toes on each hoof.
Thankfully, I have only one toe per hoof or my farrier bill would be huge!
My taxonomy (or how those smarty pants scientists would describe a horse):
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Eutheria
Order: Perissodactyla (enter the odd toed ungulates)
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Species: Caballus
Please give a carrot to your horse, of course!
I don't mind smelling like a horse either. It's actually one of my favorite smells. I hope to never miss that smell again.
ReplyDeleteWho doesn't mind smelling like a horse. We recently dined out and requested the corner table so no one would have to smell us. The waitress said "Horses"? To which my daughter and I replied "Of course".
ReplyDeleteCute post.
Rising Rainbow, thanks for commenting. I agree. I love the smell of horse mixed with the sweet scent of hay and a little manure thrown in for that earthy aroma.
ReplyDeleteGrey Horse, that's funny. Your waitress must have been a horse lover.