Why Do Horses Sleep Standing Up?: 101 of the Most Perplexing Questions Answered about Equine Enigmas, Medical Mysteries, and Befuddling Behaviors

With a wealth of books to their credit, including Why Do Dogs Drink Out of the Toilet? and Cats for Dummies, these four authors combine their equine knowledge in a breezy and informative guide to horse behavior and trivia. In addition to answering the title question, readers will learn why all racehorses have a January 1 birthday, why horses spook so easily and why horses past their prime no longer go to glue factories (many now go to France or Japan, where they are considered a delicacy). The authors cover just about every conceivable horse-related question in this compilation, up to and including ""What is it like to be hung like a horse?"" (for those keeping track, llamas and cattle are better endowed), though anyone left with an unanswered query is encouraged to submit it for the quartet's next entry in the series.