Prehistoric Horse in Peril: Przewalski's Dramatic Rescue from Deep Hole

The Przewalski's horse is the only wild horse that has survived to this day. She has a dense physique, a large and heavy head on a thick neck, strong short legs, short mane of almost black color. The Mongols call this horse takhi, which means yellow horse. It is believed that the Przewalski's horse is a horse that managed to survive the last Ice Age. She is considered the ancestor of domestic horses. Although some scientists suggest that both wild and domestic horses originated from a common, now extinct species, and then their development proceeded independently of each other. The Przhevalsky horse was hunted for meat and skins, then the shepherds forced it out of its usual habitats. And at one time it was believed that this type of horse had completely disappeared. But in 1879, the Russian traveler, geographer and naturalist Nikolai Przhevalsky set off on his third trip to Central Asia to the upper reaches of the Yellow River. On the way, he discovered a rare species of wild horse in Dzungaria, which would later be called the Przewalski's horse in his honor. Horse rescue video. The second horse ran around the hole, into which one horse fell, probably her male, he was not waiting for her to leave, he was also worried. Then they left together.