Animals

Animals

Any living creature of the Kingdom Animalia constituting multi-celled organisms as well as single-celled organisms lacking chlorophyll and having the ability for spontaneous movement, such as protozoans.

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Clever Hans

Animals; Horses

A horse from Germany that could reputedly solve basic intellectual questions, such as arithmetic and logic puzzles. Hans would answer them by tapping his hoof the appropriate ...

Przewalski's horse

Animals; Horses

A wild horse (Equus caballus przevalskii) chiefly of Mongolia and Sinkiang, characterized by light yellow coloring and a stiff, upright black mane with no forelock: the only ...

appuyement

Animals; Horses

The horse moves diagonally across the ring with its body and head lightly bent in the direction of movement. The outer legs cross in front of the inner legs and the forehand is ...

schalten

Animals; Horses

The horse moves a set number of steps and then the same number of steps back before continuing. There is no pause between moving forwards and backwards.

piruet

Animals; Horses

A pirouette is a lateral movement where the horse turns around on its inside hind leg with the two forefeet and the other hind foot moving around it in the shape of a circle.

zonkey

Animals; Horses

A zonkey is a rare zebra-donkey hybrid animal that is produced when a male zebra mates a female donkey. A zonkey usually has some parts of its body resembling a zebra and other ...