Mares carry their foals for about 342 days, which is just short of a year. Photo by Betsy Lynch.
Horses normally carry their foals for 340 to 342 days, but donkeys carry theirs for a full year. The llamas gestation period is about 10 days shorter than a horses, but camels stay pregnant for more than 400 days, while the deer gets the job done in only about 200.
Sunlight has beneficial effects for horses, including the manufacture of vitamin D by the
skin, relief of muscle and tendon stiffness or soreness and possibly even
improved immunity.
But horses with pink-skinned areas may suffer sunburn if
overexposed and could be at higher risk for... | read
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