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Horses can smell quicksand?

posted 12 years ago by mv5
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Anyone know for sure?

I Don' t think he meant "smell" as much as he (the horse) knew the quicksand was there.. Animals can "sense" danger.

Could be that they can identify it somehow, the horse stepped into the edge at least, or could be that the kid was just rationalising why it refused.

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[–] Pmdmnym 9 years ago

Ya, I gotta admit, that was a new one!!!!

[–] HarlowMGM 9 years ago

I kind of feel the horse could sense their was a dead body in the quicksand which is what spooked him .

[–] mdonln 9 years ago

That's an awfully good sense of smell. I knew dogs and other animals have strong smell receptors but I never heard it said of a horse. That doesn't mean it's not true. I'm curious so I'll have to research it but not at this particular moment.

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