Horsewatching: Why Does a Horse Whinny and Everything Else You Ever Wanted to Know

How intelligent are horses? Why do they toss their heads and what makes them paw the ground?

After spending more than twenty years studying the body language of the human species, Desmond Morris turned his attention to the behavior of some of our closest animal companions. First he looked at dogs, then cats, and in this book, horses. As Curator of Mammals at the London Zoo, he was able to study closely the zebras and wild horse in his charge. And as a racehorse owner, he scrutinized the gla...