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Deez peets (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Wait, what? Please tell me more about this horror nail, I had no idea

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

When they're born, they're called foal slippers.

https://horseyhooves.com/foal-slippers/

But just in general, horse hooves are amazing and so weird. It's literally if your middle finger was half your leg, and the nail was a huge wraparound thing. Then plus you grew extra keratin on your fingertip like a mega callus from birth. Because why not?

https://horsecareadvisor.com/horses-hooves-when-born/

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

TIL that horses start off as nightmare-shod animals D: