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Sable Island ponies “shop” like we do

September 24th, 2013

It turns out that horses and people have a lot in common when it comes to shopping habits, according to Philip McLoughlin, associate professor of biology at the University of Saskatchewan. In a paper in the Journal of Animal Ecology, McLoughlin and his colleagues describe the habits of the famous wild horses at Sable Island National Park Reserve off the …

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Two ponies frolic on the Sable Island National Park Reserve off of the Nova Scotia coast. Photo courtesy of Philip McLoughlin.