The Foal and the Sage Stallion
A foal is learning how to gallop but she doesn't know where to get the information she needs...
The Foal and the Sage Stallion was produced by Squideo from an idea and a script by Ptolemy Walton-Hayfield.
Ptolemy won a Write a Script competition open to secondary school students in the UK, on the theme of disagreement.
When asked what message the script was delivering, Ptolemy said that we should not trust the first source we are given and we should appreciate the importance of resolving disputes over sources.
Nature facts
Wild horses run to get away from predators and to cover long distances fast. When they gallop, they take one breath for each stride. They run with their eyes open and close their eyes only for relaxing and sleeping. Horses are not native of Africa so lions do not usually get an opportunity to hunt them. The Namib Desert horse, the only type of feral horse in Africa, has hyenas as their main predators. Hyenas mostly attack foals.
However, as lions prey on zebras, gazelles, wildebeest and antelopes, they are capable of taking down a horse. In America, for instance in Nevada, mountain lions prey on wild horses as well as deer. Lizards do not breathe while they run. That is why they run in spurts, they stop running in order to breathe because they use the same muscles for respiration and for movement control.
