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Hotel Kette acclaimed 4 star hotels in Venice a short distance from Gran Teatro La Fenice and a two minute stroll from piazza San Marco.

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For a long time Przewalski's were thought to be the last surviving wild horses on Earth. So was that a mistake? M: According to the latest genetic studies it was yes! They show that the animals are descended from Botai horses. Those were first domesticated in Kazakhstan more than 5 000 years ago. F: But it?s more complicated than that.

 

A Przewalski?s horse spends most of the day foraging for food eating 12 to 15 pounds of grass per day. Hampson and his team found that during the winter the horses stood for long periods eating only one-third of their usual diet.

 

Przewalski?s horses once roamed the grassy steppes of Asia and Europe but an increase in agricultural activity forced the horses east. They were last known to inhabit the Gobi Desert in...

 

Przewalski?s horse (subspecies Equus caballus przewalskii or E. ferus przewalskii) last wild horse subspecies surviving in the 21st century. It was discovered in western Mongolia in the late 1870s by the Russian explorer N.M. Przhevalsky.

 

Przewalski's horse is stockily built smaller and shorter than its domesticated relatives. Typical height is about 12?14 hands (48?56 inches 122?142 cm) and the average weight is around 300 kg (660 lb). They have a dun coat with pangaré features and often have dark primitive markings.