Firefly-tailed Pony
“ A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot. ”
– John Steinbeck
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genius: Equus
Species: Equus xavierii
Descendant: Feral horses
Named by: ???
Year Published: 1995
Size: 1.2 meters (3.93 ft) tall; 1.6 meters (62 in) long in length; 470 kg (1036 lbs)
Lifespan: 12 to 30+ years
Activity: Nocturnal 🌃
Thermoregulate: Endotherm
Type:
Synapsids
Mammals (Horses)
Fictional
Title:
Glowing Horse
Other Name(s)/Alias(es):
???
Pantheon:
Terran/Gaian 🇺🇳
Sawintiran 🇺🇳🧚
Time Period: Holocene
Alignment: Loyal
Threat Level: ★★★★
Diet: Herbivorous 🌿🌱🍊🌾🥓
Elements: Light 💡
Inflicts: Lightblight 💡; Stunned 😵
Weaknesses: Rock 🪨, Leaf 🌿; Dark 🌑, Sound 🎵
Casualties: n/a
Based On: itself
Conservation Status:
Earth: Endangered (EN) – IUCN Red List
Berbania: Endangered (EN) – IUCN Red List
Reinachos: Least Concern (LC) – IUCN Red List
Sawintir: Endangered (EN) – IUCN Red List
The Firefly-tailed Pony (Equus xavierii) is a fictional creature who appears in various stories set in the Earth Responsibly world.
Overseas Indians and other immigrants referred to it as Saint Xavier's Horse since it was spotted in Italy on the same day as Saint Francis Xavier.
The firefly-tailed pony has a horse-like body shape, but also resembles the pony breed, and its stripes are comparable to the now-extinct thylacine. Their color is pale mocha with chocolate tails, pale cappuccino hooves, and a gray snout. Chocolate brown stocking designs and pale brown skin. When bioluminescence is present, the tail tip turns white. Despite being descended from a pony or foal-like adult, the firefly-tailed pony evolved into a Shetland pony, but less small.
They were completely untamable and ferociously protected themselves from predators. It was said that those ponies were shy, little, quick, and would run away from any sound. At its most basic, the pony kick is a defensive tactic. Ponies can and often do use their hooves to strike out against predators in the wild. Because it is instinctive, depending on the situation, even the most placid and obedient horses may display it. A fully matured horse can typically exceed 200 miles per hour. As a result, it can strike people and objects with an amazing 1,200 psi power.
Although the firefly-tailed pony is born without magic, it exhibits the same traits as zebras and wild horses. Kiyoshi Takakura and his group experimented with a number of ponies that had luminous tails until 2017 AD. These ponies were truly descended from the Isu Era and were derived from the genes of fireflies. The firefly-tailed pony, like fireflies, probably developed the ability to light to protect themselves from predators, but they now primarily use it to attract potential mates. Large herds of ponies can blind the adversary or blink in unison.
Regrowth: When you dispose of horse manure, it's waste unless all of the following apply: it is used as soil fertilizer. it is used lawfully for spreading on clearly identified pieces of agricultural land and in grassland.
With non-horse species like feral dogs, the firefly-tailed pony naturally respects its meal. Honeyguides or birds of prey then tell them to locate the prey by staring and aiming for a response. As a grazing mammal, the firefly-tailed pony eats any kind of grass or crop plant.
When fireflies search for an ordered honeyguide and return to their bacterially coated tail, their bioluminescence is detected. The next step is for feral goats to dig up the roots of wheat or mosses by whistling. Firefly-tailed ponies are known for social distancing because they may be heard groaning from a distance from their adversaries or rivals, or they can call on their supporters to assist their master on their own initiative.
They live in three groups, though, unlike horses and zebras: solitary or living alone to find a mate before forming their own "group," "audience," and "social distancing," which is different from equine behavior. After escaping from their groups, they now communicate with other non-ponies for their own and develop natural mutualism.
The pony has a high level of intelligence and is naturally calm, kind, curious, and affectionate. They are independent and a little stubborn. Because it has not ceded its freedom to man in return for food and care, unlike domesticated ponies, the pony tends to rely more on its own assessment of a situation than to let its master make decisions for it. Horses are often quite gregarious and curious animals. Nonetheless, it is essential to be able to interpret their basic body language cues before approaching due to their size and fear-based behavior. Compared to dogs, horses exhibit more subtle cues, such as wagging tails to show friendliness and enjoyment.
The pony's natural habitat was Sawintir, which included subtropical, Mediterranean, and tropical savanna areas. Around the 1800s, Sawintiran humans (the Basques and Picts thrived in this realm) and fairies brought it to Earth and dispersed it throughout Afro-Eurasia. In order to work and cultivate, individuals from Earth were also brought to Berbania, Reinachos, and Thatrollwa by the 2700s.
Movement Pattern: Full Migrant
Individual Type: Solo/Herd
Population Trend:
Earth: Stable
Berbania: Unspecifc
Reinachos: Stable
Sawintir: Decreasing
Population:
Earth: 1,000
Berbania: 50,000
Reinachos: 200,000
Delphia: 500,000
Sawintir: 450,000
Locomotion: Terrestrial
Habitat: Tundra; Taiga; Montane Grasslands and Shrublands; Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests; Temperate Deciduous Forests; Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Subtropical Coniferous Forests; Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Tropical Coniferous Forests; Tropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Grasslands; Tropical Savannas and Shrublands; Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub; Flooded Grasslands and Savannas; Swamp; Bayous/Billabongs; Riparian; Wetland; Mountain.
Earth:
Extant & Introduced (Resident): Andorra; Albania; Armenia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; China; Croatia; Czechia; Denmark; Estonia; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iran; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Moldova; Mongolia; Montenegro; Netherlands; North Macedonia; Norway; Pakistan; Poland; Romania; Russia; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Tunisia; Turkey; United Kingdom; Ukraine
Equids, unlike other animals and beings, do not require feeding. It's easy to tame because all you have to do is hop on its back. While it may buck you off a couple of times at first, if you stay persistent, you'll have the equid under control in no time. If you're lucky, you'll be able to tame it all at once.
The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature, Eohippus, into the large, single-toed animal of today. Humans began domesticating horses around 4000 BC, and their domestication is believed to have been widespread by 3000 BC known as domesticated horse. Although some sources claim that it was not a genuine wild horse due to its resemblance to domesticated horses.
In Southern Europe, perhaps as early as antiquity, the human-caused extinction of wild horses in Europe began. Although the hunt for wild horses dates back to the Paleolithic, many cultures throughout history relied heavily on horse meat as a source of protein. The expanding human population on the Eurasian landmass continuously reduced the tarpan's range because they are large herbivores. Because wild horses frequently stole domestic mares from pastures and damaged hay stores, they were also targeted. Farmers also suffered financial losses as a result of interbreeding with wild horses because the resulting foals were difficult to raise. The tarpan became extinct in the wild in 1879, due to hunting, and in 1909 the last captive horse died in Russia.
Beginning in the 1930s, several attempts were made to develop horses that looked like tarpans through selective breeding, called "breeding back" by advocates. The breeds that resulted included the Heck horse, the Hegardt or Stroebel's horse, and a derivation of the Konik breed, all of which have a primitive appearance, particularly in having the grullo coat colour. Some of these horses are now commercially promoted as "tarpans". However, those who study the history of the ancient wild horse consider the word "tarpan" to describe only the true wild horse.
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