Why do horses need horseshoes?
Moment Of Um
Lemonada Media
4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2024
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
You don’t see most horses wearing pants, jackets or hats but one thing is for sure - they’re almost always wearing shoes! You know, those u-shaped things attached to their hooves. Why is that? Large animal surgeon Whitney Cutrone helps us find the answer.
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| 0:49.3 | Sometimes I like to head to the backyard and run around in my bare feet. |
| 0:57.0 | It's fun to feel the grass beneath my toes and become one with the land |
| 1:01.5 | with no barriers between my body and the earth. |
| 1:05.0 | But towards the end of my time outside, wow did my feet get dirty. |
| 1:10.0 | And sometimes if there's a rock in the grass my foot gets cut. Now hear me out. Horses are |
| 1:18.2 | outside like all the time. Is that why they wear shoes? I mean not shoes like ours, but those U-shaped things attach to their hoops. |
| 1:27.0 | They can't take them off by themselves, so do they like wearing them? |
| 1:31.0 | Listener Marlow was also wondering about this. |
| 1:35.2 | I'm Marlow, I live in North Bend, Washington. |
| 1:38.4 | My question is, why do horses need horseshoes? |
| 1:42.3 | Thank you. |
| 1:42.9 | Bye. |
| 1:44.4 | So hi, I am Dr. Whitney Kattrone. |
| 1:47.1 | I am a large animal surgeon. |
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