Our favourite horses.. Number 16.. Muhamed
Read this and then tell us what unusual gifts your horse has!
Muhamed was a German horse with a unique gift (or two). Believe it or not, he could do maths!
He could work out the cube roots of numbers which he'd tap out with his hooves and was also a gifted musician and able to distinguish between harmony and discord. Not only that, he could also spell out words using his hooves.
His owner, Karl Krall, owned a few other horses who could also apparently do a spot of adding up. But Muhamed was very much top of the class. This is no wind-up! He was tested by top psychologists who wrote a number on a blackboard. Using his left hoof for 'tens' and his right for 'ones', he'd happily tap out 6 lefts and four rights for 64. The scientists obviously thought Krall was involved but even after being blindfolded, Muhamed was still able to do his sums.
It gets better. According to Krall, Muhamed used his hoof-tapping ability to tell tales on other horses and even grooms. He thought nothing of reporting his friends for being lazy and grooms for being cruel to the horses.
The scientists left, perplexed. They were unable to explain Muhamed's amazing ability. Sadly, he disappeared in World War I and his fate is unknown.
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