I did not know this. 😊
Reposted from
Joanna Bagniewska
🥿Foal slippers
🧚Fairy fingers
🪶Horse feathers
🍃Deciduous hoof capsule
🧪Eponychium
These rubbery growths over a newborn foal's hooves protect the mare's uterus and birth canal, and get shed shortly after birth. They are akin to nail cuticles and are present in many other ungulates, too.
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🧚Fairy fingers
🪶Horse feathers
🍃Deciduous hoof capsule
🧪Eponychium
These rubbery growths over a newborn foal's hooves protect the mare's uterus and birth canal, and get shed shortly after birth. They are akin to nail cuticles and are present in many other ungulates, too.
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