--- Reggie Bautista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wrote: <snippage> > But housecats aren't native to North America. > Neither are horses, which > were originally introduced by the Spanish.
Ooh! Ooh! <hand waves wildly in the air> Horses evolved on the North American continent, migrated over the land bridge into Eurasia, and then "mysteriously died out here, about 10,000 years ago. Maybe they were hunted by humans, who crossed into North America at the same time as the horses left; many other herbivores died out at roughly the same time as the horses, so climate change is another factor to consider." <grin> As best I can remember from my perusal of horse books. When I was at LSU, I had to go see the varied horse ancestor fossils in the tiny museum (Pliohippus was one, IIRC), and the changing from 5 toes into one hoof... Steve S wrote [regarding zebras]: "If they *were* more like horses, they would probably already be domesticated." True! People keep trying to tame individual animals, but with scant success. Future Pets Maru :) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
