If you are near a horse and they reach out to you like this, get away! The horse on the left, Saryna, who belongs to Robin from Bay Minette, AL, is warning Macho to stay away.
Horses "talk" to each other and us through body language. When one lays her ears flat back against her head land snakes her neck out, this is a horse who is angry or feels threatened and is going to bite.
Other ways horses communicate through body language include:
* Flipping a tail with or without a hind hoof cocked means the horse is agitated and is threatening to kick.
* Clamped tail, the horse is frightened.
* A head raised with tense neck muscles and ears pointed forward is a horse who is alert and possibly suspecting danger.
* Flared nostrils indicates a horse is nervous.
* Droopy eyes and ears, the horse is resting or bored.
* Lips licking or chewing without food is a sign that the horse is relieving stress, or thinking.
* Ears are rotating, or flicking back and forth, the horse is trying to pay attention to a lot of things going on at once.
* Do you know what it means when a horse or pony lifts his head and curls his upper lip back?
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