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animals Failed rodeo/ slow mo horse kick to the head

Would the steel horseshoe have made the injury more severe?
Yes. Horse hooves are actually quite flexible. It's soft keratin. The rumors that horses have fragile legs are because people often put horseshoes on them and all the natural shock absorption goes away. Though considering how strong a horse is kick is, it's negligible. They have an aponeurosis holding all their butt and upper leg muscles together. If it was regular tendon, the force of their kick would explode all their own muscles.

And the kick is absolutely explosive, the whipping motion of the kick getting you before anything. This is why horseman either tell you to stay out of range of a kick, The second best thing is standing so close that it launches you like a catapult instead of braining you with a whip like kick.
 
Yes. Horse hooves are actually quite flexible. It's soft keratin. The rumors that horses have fragile legs are because people often put horseshoes on them and all the natural shock absorption goes away. Though considering how strong a horse is kick is, it's negligible. They have an aponeurosis holding all their butt and upper leg muscles together. If it was regular tendon, the force of their kick would explode all their own muscles.

And the kick is absolutely explosive, the whipping motion of the kick getting you before anything. This is why horseman either tell you to stay out of range of a kick, The second best thing is standing so close that it launches you like a catapult instead of braining you with a whip like kick.
no offense but what the hell drugs are you on?
 
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