Equine and Pet First Aid

Equine and Pet First Aid

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

wisdom Wednesday: the brain of a horse 🐎


Today is #WisdomWednesday & I want to talk about brains 🧠 

The human brain 🧠 weighs approximately 3lbs
The cat brain 🧠 weighs around 1/3 of a lb
The dog brain 🧠 weighs around 3/4 of a lb

But...

...the horse brain 🧠 weighs around 1.5-2lbs

Most of the horse's brain 🧠 is used in analyzing information received from the environment, unlike a humans brain 🧠 is mostly used for fine-motor skills and language development. 

Their brain 🧠 is capable of processing vision from each eye separately, but at the same time. 

In this picture, I am holding a horse's brain 🧠 from a necropsy we did in my 2015 Equine Anatomy Class. 

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