Horses in Company by Lucy Rees

Horses in Company by Lucy Rees

Author:Lucy Rees
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781908809575
Publisher: Crowood


INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS IN FERAL BAND

Survival

Who survives in these harsh circumstances? Who lives to breed offspring to carry a horse’s genetic heritage into the future? For the cimarrons, disease, parasites and puma are life’s main hazards. Luckier feral horses do not face these challenges, and many populations like the pottokas breed at an alarming rate, increasing up to 30 per cent per year, a problem in itself. On islands, sheer starvation limits life. We are used to the idea that only the fittest survive, but does that necessarily mean out-competing others of the same species and population?



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