laverabe@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoSupplies arrive by plane and by mule in North Carolina as Helene's death toll tops 130apnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down10
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoI would have thought horses.
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·3 months agoMules are better over extremely rough terrain - they’re shorter and stockier. Horses evolved to run over open grasslands, plains, and rocky steppes.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·3 months agoThat makes sense. Thanks.
minus-squarerayyy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-23 months agoHorses are way too flighty. If they step in hole or get stuck in the mud they go crazy and flail about. Mules, on the other hand, will remain calm and stop.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoI guess sometimes fitting the “stubborn as a mule” stereotype is a good thing.
I would have thought horses.
Mules are better over extremely rough terrain - they’re shorter and stockier. Horses evolved to run over open grasslands, plains, and rocky steppes.
That makes sense. Thanks.
Horses are way too flighty. If they step in hole or get stuck in the mud they go crazy and flail about. Mules, on the other hand, will remain calm and stop.
I guess sometimes fitting the “stubborn as a mule” stereotype is a good thing.