What they fail to mention is that the herd stallion would have already mated with that mare in heat and possibly several times. Even if the bachelor stallion had been successful, the foal she would carry would likely be the herd stallion's.
Natural asset Companies policies coming into play 2024 ..wild horses are being eradicated EVERYWHERE and it's being blamed on cattle and livestock owners. Please look into it!!
@@jujub4553False. When stallions steal a mare that's already pregnant, they almost always adopt the foal as their own, regardless if they share his blood or not. Especially if if's a filly foal. It means that once she grows he can breed her as well as her mother.
@@virginiamoss7045 yes. Good info I Love horses 🐴 🐎. It is called a gelding. Horses are gelded to keep the gene pool strong. And also helps with behavior., but it does not take the place of proper training.
I know right? I’m so offended they had to play identity politics in this video. First of all, the horses formerly known as stallions are “Zeerer’s” from now on please.. And the broodnares formerly known as broodmares or mares are to be referred to from now on as either “whirs” or just nothing at all!! Just complete silence!!
@DamnItMantis I've been educating myself for over 30 years. Horses ARE your slaves. You never listen to them. You, at best, try to make your demands more understandable for them. They don't want to be ridden. Pulling stuff while in the team with another horse - maybe yes. But riding - NO. It's always stressful for them. It may be minor when they have a relationship with their rider, it is major when they are ridden by whoever feels like it.
@mirandaholmberg5778 I've been educating myself for over 30 years. Horses ARE your slaves. You never listen to them. You, at best, try to make your demands more understandable for them. They don't want to be ridden. Pulling stuff while in the team with another horse - maybe yes. But riding - NO. It's always stressful for them. It may be minor when they have a relationship with their rider, it is major when they are ridden by whoever feels like it.
The life of a wild horse is not easy. All those white marks on the herd stallion's legs are probably scars from many combats over the years. When they rear and paw at one another the legs take most of the hits. Someday a youngster will injure the old guy to the point that he can't run or defend himself and he'll become a mountain lion's meal.
@@dominicdsilva1922 mountain lions mostly eat deer but they definitely eat horses at times. A healthy adult horse is usually too much for a mountain lion to handle but they'll take young or injured ones if they get a chance. Like all predators, mountain lions are opportunistic. They'll even eat carrion if it's available.
That's life of a wild stallion with his harem, not every single wild (feral, or just free) horse. It's MUCH worse to have a life of a racehorse or jumphorse, or even just an avarage pleasure ride horse for that matter. Even of scars aren't that visible, since they're from the bit, inside horse's mouth.
@@ewarodewicz7577 That’s not true. While I agree that horse racing is cruel and should be stopped pleasure riding does NOT leave scars. My horses are trail horses and they’re very well cared for. I don’t even use a bit; I use a hackamore. So no mouth scars. And bits when used properly should not cause scars.
Caitlyn Jenner. That is probably as close to a female stallion as you’ll ever get… I can’t think of too many other female stallions, I mean I’m not privy to what “Bruce” Jenner (the Olympian) did to himself precisely, but I can tell you, he was a stallion, that was converted into a broodmare. 🐴 We should have been surgeons you and I, we could make a couple years salary by chopping up some random fruit cake every 6 months and could vacation the rest of the year in the islands, and go horse back riding whenever we wanted too!
Unfortunately, the voiceover & you know next to nothing about horses. A wild horse herd is led by a DOMINANT mare who is the ONLY reason why the herd survives. She leads the herd to water, winter pastures, etc. The stallion is utterly and completely irrelevant in comparison. The ONLY purpose a stallion possesses is to breed. Beyond that he has no value.
@@gingerbaker4579 as a matter of fact I know a lot more about horses than you Ginger. I have bred over 30 horses and have my own ranch full of beautiful horses. You merely watch wild horse videos on RU-vid and just base your opinion on hearsay. Now smarten up…
I’ve witness this happen many times actually. Not so uncommon as you might think. Male Elk and Male Zebra have been observed to do the same when two males are fighting. Opportunity for the less dominant and less dominant horse can go in. The daughters that stick with the Stallion in the herd are usually more keen to try and seek out mating when the Stallion is busy fighting bachelors. Ive also witnessed male horses mounting each other. Crazy stuff in the animal world. Lol
@@_Chessa_ i guess that is a way of preventing inbreeding. The daughter can have a chance to mate with a male that they aren’t related. I saw it in wolves. The male refused to mate with his daughters. The females were in heat & wanted to mate & one saw an opportunity in an outsider male.
....and then they could switch roles... But then the girls might decide they're sick of all this mating and getting pregnant and labour, birthing etc and try sparring instead. With the rest of the girls, since they"d soon be crushed by the mighty stallions if they striped fighting them. So best just fight the girls instead. But where would that leave the stallions after they fought their male battles? Bring stuck with trying to mate with each other? As in "Make Love, Not War, Mate. Peace, Man! You may be a black stallion and me a white one, but we're mighty brothers who love each other.... Say, have you ever had strange feelings, like that you may not be male, after all? Don't be shy. The girls are too busy fighting each other. But you can confide in me... Wanna try it? You might like it better with the lads than the girls... And we also know where the water is... Cm'on, mate. Let's get it on and forget all this fighting stuff... ". .
The issue is that its not the stallions who decide who gets to mate, but the mares. And usually of one or more stallions are allowed to remain on the herds territory, that means they are liked by the mares. It is probably more likely the mares will come defend the stallion if he needs help, than just accept some new horse on their land.
For those wondering yes,wild horses live in the United States, primarily in the western states. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service manage wild horses and burros on public lands in 10 western states, in areas called Herd Management Areas. As of March 1, 2023, the BLM estimated that there were around 82,883 wild horses and burros on BLM lands, which is more than three times the number that federal authorities say is sustainable for a healthy ecosystem. Nevada has the largest population of wild horses in the United States.
Stallions dont keep a harem of mares. Thats so outdated and wrong. The stallion is allowed to remain on the mares territory since he has proven himself strong and healthy. When other stallions come around and wanna ”apply” to stay on the territory instead, they are not fighting for a harem. They are fighting to show who is the strongest and thus is wanted by the mares. The mares rule the herd, and stallions are relatively low in value to them.
Pretty sure this isn’t true. They don’t “prove” themselves to the mares, they fight off opposing males for breeding rights. I don’t think mares are particularly picky when it comes to breeding, as they go into heat, implying they’ll breed with whomever is there. The lead stallion just postures to drive away potential competition. The lead mare controls where the group goes for food
@@egusisoup1826 Unfortunately, the voiceover & you know next to nothing about horses. A wild horse herd is led by a DOMINANT mare who is the ONLY reason why the herd survives. She leads the herd to water, winter pastures, etc. The stallion is utterly and completely irrelevant in comparison. The ONLY purpose a stallion possesses is to breed. Beyond that he has no value.
@@Stephan0720 Unfortunately, the voiceover & you know next to nothing about horses. A wild horse herd is led by a DOMINANT mare who is the ONLY reason why the herd survives. She leads the herd to water, winter pastures, etc. The stallion is utterly and completely irrelevant in comparison. The ONLY purpose a stallion possesses is to breed. Beyond that he has no value.
@@gingerbaker4579 Did you not read my comment, because nothing I said is in opposition to your statement? But to call stallions useless seems mosguided. It's like calling soldiers useless because the general leads the troops. The stallions job is to be a line of defense, while the lead mare guides the unit. But I'm no expert on horses, nor do I pretend to be. But to me, it seems your own biases are causing you to take a contrary position for the sake of it
For anyone curious there are several documented cases of multiple stallions being present within a herd, most commonly appear to be foals (colts) who continue suckling on their mothers and the fathers allow to stay as they help protect the band. They will eventually be kicked out but I have seen colts who have their own mare within the herd and still suckle on their mothers making them a real pain for their dad's to get rid of lol! but I have also come across cases of bachelor groups who get hold of a herd or couple of mares and continue to stay together as buddies to help further protect the herd (I think only the one who stole the mares has the breeding rights but I'm not sure). So whilst it is perhaps the most common for there to be one it is also possible to see multiple stallions in a group.
@@rodneyparisien1997 "Male" still means stallion, troll. Not one, single thing in the video refutes her comment. And you have no idea if she watched or not.
@@rodneyparisien1997 A stallion is an adult male horse. ANY adult male horse, with or without a harem of mares. If the male horse is neutered he's called a gelding.
only horses in captivity need to have their hooves artificially trimmed this is because they are often kept in a stable or enclosed space for large amounts of time and they wear horseshoes, in the wild horses naturally wear their hooves down
Answer: horses are more than fine without any care or help from humans when they're left alone, wild and free. It's becsuse being in captivity is so unnatural for them they need extra care.
@@ewarodewicz7577 Stop with your PETA-like rants. Horses will never fully be free, and I know for certain that I myself will own horses until I’m dead. Back off and stop judging horse owners. Let me guess, dogs and cats should be free too? Hamsters?
I'm confused about the other guys, what's keeps them from ganging up on the one stallion? The way the he was boxing with his hooves doesn't look like it'd be effective against a group of bachelors...but I guess they're horses and coordinated attacks may be too much to expect
"Male stallion?" Assuming a lot there, Smithsonian. How do you know what gender this stallion identifies as? Do you even KNOW which pronouns this horse being prefers? DO YOU EVEN CARE?!!
Puma. Coyote grab foals, attack weak and sick horses. Wolves, but I expect they rarely intersect. Mostly men with helicopters and canning factories, ranchers with guns.
Wolves go after full grow elk so horse not much different. But also Puma and sometimes coyotes alligator and bears. But usually not worth it considering how hardy a horse is with good vision heavy hooves pack mentality and mean bite. Probably only way to control these beasts is humans.
@@dustintacohands1107 No. Horses are prey animals that have been naturally controlled by wild cats like Pumas, wolves, coyotes, etc. Man is not required except that we have killed many of the natural enemies of horses, deer, elk etc.
@@Tomboy2456 ...and, we've restricted the horses' range. If they were free to roam the plains the population would disperse and naturally stabilize. However, within the small area they're confined overgrazing and overpopulation is a problem that must be managed.
Breathtakingly beauty! I live in debeque colorado and have land out by the wild mustangs in the little bookcliffs. I don'tlike that blmrounds them up for auctionsand most end up not well cared for or worse. I ❤ 🐎 🐴 🐎 🐴!!!
Mares are fertile when they're in heat(ovulating). They have multiple heat cycles. For wild horses it's not really ideal to reproduce whenever; they can end up having a foal during the winter.
Everyone there's going to be a bill that takes 90,000 mustangs from the wild and sells most of them to meat buyers all so cattle farmers can have more grazing land.
THE AUDIO SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS RECORDED USING A MIC TO PICKUP SOUND FROM A BOX... YOU CAN HEAR IT. THE SOUNDTRACK IS FROM THE REMOTE RECORDIST ON SITE. IS THIS WHAT IS SMITHSONIAN SOUND NOW? YUCK!
