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Go for it! What kind are you thinking about? Fantasy, realistic? |
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Kinda semi-realistic. I have no idea for the plot. Any ideas? |
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hm, for starters, I'd like to see a equine plot with realistic herd dynamics. So, no lead mare or lead stallion or all that? I can go into more depth about the realism and how it would play out.
Maybe a mystery? horses keep dissapearing from a herd and they have to figure out why?
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Lightbringer
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Ooo. I like that! However their would have be a hierarchy system within the herd? So you mean like Dominant Stallion and Dominant Mare? |
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I can explain more when I get home, but basically, different horses are more dominant about different resources. |
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Lightbringer
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M'kay, and that sounds interesting! |
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Alright, this is kinda simplified, but:
In the wild, or even turned out in pastures, horses live in a fission-fusion society (kinda like elephants). A few mares and one stallion live as a family unit in a small band. All yearlings are generally chased off, or leave of their own accord, so as to avoid incest and expand the gene pool. Bands will often run into each other, and the horses will often know one another (hence the larger society, even though there are smaller harems/band subgroups). A stallion might try to overtake the other, etc., it depends.
So, there really isn't a lead mare. The stallion tends to be the only one to 'herd' the band (exactly what it sounds like - moving the horses from behind), but mares also exhibit this behavior - it really depends form horse to horse, but usually, it's the stallion. Each horse can be more dominant in their own respect - for example, one can be more territorial over water, while another shade, and another food. The older the horse is, the higher ranking it tends to be. There are certainly horses lower in the hierarchy, and those higher, but it isn't always as clear-cut.
So, usually, mares will follow any mare. This is called departure behavior - if one mare leaves/walks away, the others are likely to follow. The higher ranking the mare is, the more likely the others are to follow, but horses will also follow the lower ranking as well. Generally, where the herd moves to and goes is somewhat of a group decision - it's not lead solely by the stallion, nor a certain mare, most often.
That's a simplified run down, basically!
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yeah, Spagehtti's right, I see that behavior at my mom's stables, where there's a pretty clear hierarchy between the geldings, and when ours arrived he quickly got to pretty much the top, which is probably because he's the most socialized horse out there, being an adopted mustang.
Our mustang also prefers to walk behind us when the whole family is out on a hike, which is really fun, but when he's in front he gets this power strut XD |
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Lightbringer
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I like it !
Boundless said:
Alright, this is kinda simplified, but:
In the wild, or even turned out in pastures, horses live in a fission-fusion society (kinda like elephants). A few mares and one stallion live as a family unit in a small band. All yearlings are generally chased off, or leave of their own accord, so as to avoid incest and expand the gene pool. Bands will often run into each other, and the horses will often know one another (hence the larger society, even though there are smaller harems/band subgroups). A stallion might try to overtake the other, etc., it depends.
So, there really isn't a lead mare. The stallion tends to be the only one to 'herd' the band (exactly what it sounds like - moving the horses from behind), but mares also exhibit this behavior - it really depends form horse to horse, but usually, it's the stallion. Each horse can be more dominant in their own respect - for example, one can be more territorial over water, while another shade, and another food. The older the horse is, the higher ranking it tends to be. There are certainly horses lower in the hierarchy, and those higher, but it isn't always as clear-cut.
So, usually, mares will follow any mare. This is called departure behavior - if one mare leaves/walks away, the others are likely to follow. The higher ranking the mare is, the more likely the others are to follow, but horses will also follow the lower ranking as well. Generally, where the herd moves to and goes is somewhat of a group decision - it's not lead solely by the stallion, nor a certain mare, most often.
That's a simplified run down, basically!
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Hm, or maybe it's a plot like the chincoteauge (rip spelling) island? where some horses are on a ship (maybe during war time, so cavalary and whatnot?) and the ship sinks and they swim to an island? and then maybe for the extra plot point, there could be dissapearing horses, but that might be for later on. |
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