Prepare to be grossed out: baby horses are born with something called "foal slippers"

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Cool. Doesn’t really seem gross to me though.

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Not as gross as diving into raw sewage.

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Totally makes sense, but sounds utterly unbelievable. Perhaps a new religion can be built around it?

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Cursedcrabmeat

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I wouldn’t go that far but as someone who grew up on a farm (without horses) it is surprising. I don’t recall our other hooved animals, goats, sheep and pigs, having this, but maybe I just didn’t notice. Looked online briefly, but, in that short search, couldn’t definitively determine if this is limited to horses or not.

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