“How many legs does a horse have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.”
My apologizes to Abraham Lincoln for changing the animal from a dog to a horse in a famous quote attributed to him, but that was what came to mind when I first brought up this image of a horse that appeared to have five legs. The tail is so long that it just about touches the ground and it seems to be almost as rigid as the legs.
Of course, as some of you know, I am a product of the suburbs, so I am happy that I can identify this animal as a horse. Earlier in the day I saw two bulls with horns, but when I took a closer look, one of them seemed to have udders. When we stopped to photograph a farmhouse on the drive home, I could identify sheep and cattle, then suddenly a group of emus came running onto the scene accompanied by a llama (or maybe it was an alpaca).
Is it any wonder I find identifying domestic animals confusing?
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Mike Powell 
You really made me laugh out loud with this one, Mike, and I thank you for that-though I must admit that the brown-ness of the 5th “leg” gave me a bit of pause–and an additional chuckle!
lol 😀
I guess you could say he has a leg up on the situation..:-)
That’s funny. As soon as you get out of the suburbs you have to be careful how you count!
That is a very long tail!