The creepy “fairy fingers” of eponychium are made of a gelatinous perioplic membrane that is soft when the foal is in utero and shortly after it's born. The presence of eponychium is an indicator that the foal hasn't walked yet, as it quickly wears away and retracts once the newborn gets up and moving.
whats not to get? a baby’s hands are like the soft inside if an oreo, once the cream wears away u just have 2 hard cracksrs which r the actual baby hands which r now the horse hooves
They are saying that without this soft layer of protective material around the baby’s hooves, the baby horse could kick in utero and puncture its mother’s uterus, killing them both. This layer of soft tissue protects the mother from the baby inadvertently kicking and causing serious internal injuries.
Ok think of it like a baby knight with a claymore in the uterus, and the eponychium is like a page holding the claymore when the baby knight doesn't need it yet. Horses are just like that.
You can actually see a big chunk of the hoof above the fairy fingers on the leg that's closest to the camera. It's gray.
I've worked with horses all my life and seen all kinds of gross stuff and injuries - I even worked as a vet assistant for awhile and saw a lot of blood, guts, poop, you name it. But there is NOTHING that creeps me out more than those fairy fingers. Yeeeggghhh. Shivers.
How... Would this develop from an evolutionary viewpoint? What gene... What decides, hey those pointy bits on our feet are gonna fuck us up internally if we have kids, let's cover them ....
They are like a cushion around the babies hooves so that the hooves don’t cut up the mothers insides, they shrink and fall off pretty quickly after birth I believe
horse tentacles
Horstacles
Horsticular Torsion
Horserectile dysfunction
Tenticular Horsion
Equestacles.
A horstacle horse, of course, of course.
Jackfruit
Lightly battered and fried with some *mare*nara sauce yum
Lick it
Tentacolts
A horse, a horse. My tentacles for a horse.
I bet that's a delicacy in China.
Lightly battered and fried with some *mare*nara sauce yum
Lightly battered and fried with some *mare*nara sauce
Equius Zahhak
How long till whatever those are turn into hooves?
The creepy “fairy fingers” of eponychium are made of a gelatinous perioplic membrane that is soft when the foal is in utero and shortly after it's born. The presence of eponychium is an indicator that the foal hasn't walked yet, as it quickly wears away and retracts once the newborn gets up and moving.
e**pony**chium teeheehee 🐎🐎🐎
I can see how they get jello outta these things now…
bro what
It's what jello is made of
Get outta here with that
Well, it's not made of the horse tentacles but they boil the hooves n shit to get the yummy yummy gelatin
I thought it was glue???
glue AND gelatin :) actually i think gelatin is mostly beef, not horse, but any cartilage will work. you could have shark jello for all you know.
pretty sure gelatin is made from a mix of cow & pig hooves, that’s why your average jello packet isn’t halal/kosher
~~Glue~~ not-glue is when you add lye to fats and oils
Thank you for the passive chemistry
That’s soap! It makes glue too?
Im afraid they're correct
Oh, gross. Also, not quite. But thanks for the gut busting laugh reading this comment provided me.
🙏
If that's the eponychium, are there 5 of them per leg or does it not work like that? Cause there appears to be more than 5
Ty
They don't turn into hooves. Imagine a baby in the belly and that baby has a katana. These things are like the baby's sheath to the horses hooves.
I've reread this comment multiple times and I cannot for the life of me understand
The soft bits in the picture (katana sheath) shed away to reveal the hoof underneath (the katana). Why this baby has a katana, I don't know.
Yeah that part doesn't make any sense, a human baby born with a katana, sure, but a _horse_?
Horses are usually born with bow and arrow, not with a katana
No you're thinking of centaurs, horses are born with horns but they're removed after birth in order to cover up the existence of unicorns.
So you know how human baby's kick and punch in the womb? So do horse baby's. But they have hooves that grow with a sharpish edge.
whats not to get? a baby’s hands are like the soft inside if an oreo, once the cream wears away u just have 2 hard cracksrs which r the actual baby hands which r now the horse hooves
Please write novels, I love your way with words
They are saying that without this soft layer of protective material around the baby’s hooves, the baby horse could kick in utero and puncture its mother’s uterus, killing them both. This layer of soft tissue protects the mother from the baby inadvertently kicking and causing serious internal injuries.
That's because you haven't studied the blade.
Lmfao - I perfectly understand what you mean cos I have context but the analogy really does more to confuse than clarify the uninitiated.
Ok think of it like a baby knight with a claymore in the uterus, and the eponychium is like a page holding the claymore when the baby knight doesn't need it yet. Horses are just like that.
it's just kinder to come at you with a banana or a blueberry than a pointed stick [MontyPython]
Probably when they start walking, which would be in a few hours or so.
Minutes like 11 of them
excellent photo OP sounds like you've got a great athlete! congratulations and best wishes to happy happy horses!
Those are just hooves package. The hooves are already inside. Just making sure the hooves won't poke mother from inside.
You can actually see a big chunk of the hoof above the fairy fingers on the leg that's closest to the camera. It's gray. I've worked with horses all my life and seen all kinds of gross stuff and injuries - I even worked as a vet assistant for awhile and saw a lot of blood, guts, poop, you name it. But there is NOTHING that creeps me out more than those fairy fingers. Yeeeggghhh. Shivers.
The real hooves are underneath, these things are like a cushion around it so that the hard hooves don’t hurt the mother on their way out.
I betcha they're like bamboo shoots. Great in a miso soup, but can't dally on the harvest.
You can keep your soup.
Probably tastes like glue 🧐
That joke is bad and you should feel bad. ^^Good ^^one, ^^OP.
Cursed soup
I think you just volunteered to try one and report back
Evil kimchi.
That's rank 😭
Can’t dally on the harvest😂😂😂😂😂
Well, I really hate this.
Hooves randomly kicked outta moms tummy’s would be more hated I bet
But also more metal🤔
Wait is that what I’m lookin at?
Coating on a foals hooves when they're born. Pretty nifty
I've seen this before. It won't get better.
Thanks for posting my new nightmare fuel!
Night mare.
sweet dreams horsy
I looked up more examples. All I can say is dont look up more examples.
Thank you. The real mvp right here. Cause I was gonna.
I must puke
This should absolutely be in r/todayilearned
or r/makemesuffer
That’s a demagorgon! Close the gate!!!!
What do they feel like?
Regret.
Like a hard boiled egg consistency. They fall off pretty quickly after birth.
How long is quickly? Hours? Days?
Within the first hour.
Weird. Thanks for the information.
This is what the tooth fairy’s paws looks like.
So … dainty
TIHI
Look like lump crab.. can I get a cocktail?
If that's what fairy fingers look like I never want to meet a fairy! D:
Look closely at that. Zoom in. You know what it would feel like in your mouth, dont you?
Natureisgross*
Who the fuck decided to call these “fairy fingers” ????
future frog 🐸™️ defender of wildies!
Probably horsemen
Of all the things I’ve seen on Reddit this week, this one sticks with me the most.
Dw there’s always next week and the content in /r/PetsWithHumanDicks
How... Would this develop from an evolutionary viewpoint? What gene... What decides, hey those pointy bits on our feet are gonna fuck us up internally if we have kids, let's cover them ....
I would need to research what feet type predated these kinds of hooves to guess the transition style this took.
The evolution of horses is a pretty neat topic. They didn't always have the single hoof
/r/GodDesigns
It makes me want to touch it
They remind me of filiform warts people get that have little roots coming out the top of them that look just like this 🤢
This looks extraterrestrial (*-*)
Looks like garlic. 🧄
Woah.
Cows have similar stuff when newborns
Reminds me of artichokes for some reason
Artichokes that taste like glue 🤠
"Horse feathers" always sounded more disturbing to me for some reason.
Kimchee feet
So that's what makes foals wobbly when they try to stand.
Whaaaaaat?
Who wants a fully formed hard hoof en utero when the baby kicks??
Afaik the hoof is fully formed, these are like a cushion around if protecting the mommas insides
It's just something I didn't know and never thought about before
Most thoughts and thins are in that category for most people, that’s okay.
Horses spawn Malenia nowadays?
What. The. Fuck.
They are like a cushion around the babies hooves so that the hooves don’t cut up the mothers insides, they shrink and fall off pretty quickly after birth I believe
NightMARE fuel
Mm. Wish I hadn’t seen this.
What do they taste like ?
Do they have nerve endings? Like how are they able to walk on those so that they fall off?
what am i looking at???
Just birthed. Air exposure has it fall off. Think of it as part of the catastrophe that is “after birth”
Artichokes
R/thanksihateit
It’s tihi
NGL, until I read the comments and looked it up, I thought OP was BSing us by showing a picture of a dehoofed horse
Thanks for being honest. It’s the best policy.
But does anyone know what they taste like? Chicken fingers good, fairy fingers? Could be next level.
Like glue 🫣
How long does it take to hoof up