Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2022/05/30/i-want-to-be-chased-by-this-absurdly-cute-baby-miniature-horse.html
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What a lovely looking little creature.
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That’s one horn short of a unicorn chaser.
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Once upon a time, all horses were this small:
Eohippus translates as “dawn horse”. Incidentally, articles in kids sciences books on the dawn horse were notorious for repeating the comparison “about the size of a fox terrier”, even though modern kids are unlikely to know what a fox terrier is. Stephen Jay Gould has a fun essay on this, pointing out how science communicators keep repeating the same old tropes, rather than thinking how to explain stuff well to their audiences.
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Look at that little thing go!
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I think the size makes up for the lack of horn;
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With the tippy tappy hoof noises!
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About 1% of the size of an adult Giraffe?
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How many to pull a pumpkin coach?
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Yes, the hooves clapping on the floor and gravel are so cute.
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Cute baby miniature horse takes issue with how his chase is demeaned by the quotation marks.
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or 1/1654ths of a Double Decker Bus.
@hecep Little Horse, “Crush your enemies, drive them before you, and hear the lamentations of their followers!”
Edited for added @hecep
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And as it turns out, actual unicorns were on the other end of the brutal/cuteness spectrum…
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Little Horse: “Don’ li’ quoties! Trample 'em! Trample 'em, good!”
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Sure, duck-sized horses seem cute but what about when you have to fight off 100 of them at once? (I’d still choose them over the horse-sized duck though)
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That tiny horse was clearly begging to be enveloped by a giant hug, yet it was repeatedly denied. I mean, damn!
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We used to drive 15 minutes out of our way to go past a farm which had miniature donkeys and miniature donkey ponies. (Or whatever you call them.)
Looking at this, I’d do it again.
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Po-donks?
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