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This looks like our area of expertise. Officers are en route to stop this pervert.
In their natural environment, they use these to help clamp onto high branches while feeding
lol I know the photo is I mean the comment claiming they grab things with these.
hyperkalemic ... too much iron
Out of curiosity, what's the relationship between iron and hyperkalemia (too much potassium)? Like does this mean that the horse would just constantly have dangerously high potassium levels and if they get too much iron it interacts with that somehow to paralyze them (and IIRC paralysis is a symptom of hyperkalemia in humans too - hypokalemia as well I believe, since potassium is important for the nervous system to function and too much or too little makes nerves stop working right), or is it a misnomer and they just have a hard time eliminating metals like potassium and iron from their system in general making it easier for them to suffer from hyperkalemia or the iron equivalent?
Horses are beautiful, amazing creatures. We need more horseposting.
I remember learning about this and some other whacky muscle-related animal disorders in biochemistry
Like those cows that are mega-swole because they have a gene that tells their muscles to essentially never stop getting bigger
