There is widespread belief in a warm and comforting
story which states the horse is a gentle herbivore. What
if a Rosetta Stone had been found to unlock the dark
secrets of the horse 's past?An international
multi-million dollar industry serviced by horse
whisperers, glossy magazines and popular culture
preaches that horses are meek prey animals who fear
predators. What if evidence demonstrated horses have
slain lions, tigers, pumas, wolves, hyenas and
humans?Contemporary writers have successfully airbrushed
murderous and meat-eating horses out of literature. What
if Shakespeare, Sherlock Holmes and Steve McQueen
provided artistic evidence to refute that claim?Thanks
to global equestrian amnesia, the crucial role played by
horses in recent history has been lost to mankind. What
if testimony revealed meat-eating horses had been used
to explore the Poles and photographs had been discovered
of Tibet 's blood-eating horses? Deadly Equines is a
revolutionary departure from equestrian romance. It is a
fact-filled analysis which reveals how humanity has
known about meat-eating horses for at least four
thousand years, during which time horses have consumed
nearly two dozen different types of protein, including
human flesh, and that these episodes have occurred on
every continent, including Antarctica.Various sources of
corroborating data, including legends, literature,
cinema, news stories, scientific reports and eyewitness
accounts are presented for the reader 's investigation.
None of these items had been hidden. They were ignored,
misinterpreted or, in some cases, censored.The result is
the first exploration of the horse 's hidden history, an
alternative equestrian world populated by forgotten
facts, overlooked evidence and astonishing stories.
Amply illustrated, and containing a map of occurrences,
this study challenges the reader to develop a new under
standing of the horse, one based upon reason, not
fantasy. |
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