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1. A harem is a band of feral horses that consists of one mature stallion and several mares and their offspring.
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False
2. Free-ranging horses spend 40% of their time foraging.
They actually spend up to 80% of their time foraging for food.
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False
3. The stallion in a harem band takes the lead in changing activities (i.e. finding water, eating, sleeping, etc.)
It is a dominant mare that is most commonly seen taking the lead on changing activities.
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False
4. Feral horses generally go to find water once a day or once every two days.
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False
5. A bachelor band is another band of feral horses that is made up of only males.
A bachelor band can be composed of 2 to 20 stallions.
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False
6. Horses always sleep standing up.
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False
7. Horses often mutual groom (two horses grooming each other at the same time).
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False
8. Horses are measured in 'hands.'
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False
9. One 'hand' is equivalent of 5 inches.
It is actually 4 inches.
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False
10. Horses are color blind.
Horses aren't color blind, but they can't see like humans, either. They can see green and blue colors, but not red. Red colors will appear as various shades of green or brown.