It’s always fascinating to see a newborn or a small version of a large farm animal like a horse. These majestic giants can grow up to 1.8 meters and are agile barn animals. However, a foal is as cute as it can be. Seeing one in person can be rare because usually, its mare is just nearby – always ready to protect them when needed.
The pure love of a mom also applies to horses because a mother is always a mother – no exceptions!
Talking about foals, they are still fairly dependant on their mothers, foals don’t always trust the humans who mean well. And when that happens, as this video proves, mom is always there to rush to their side and offer them the protection they’re looking for.
The short video was uploaded to YouTube by a dad who’s taking care of an 18th-century estate. He refers to his workplace as his “paradise”.
Well, what else do you expect to see in large farmland? Yes – a bunch of animals!
Alongside videos of chicks and cats hanging out together, newborn calves, bulls, snow geese, dogs, and an osprey, the clip that caught the most attention of them all is one that documents what happens when an 11-day-old foal comes out of the stables to meet his wife and daughters.
The curious foal comes out to greet the new guests.
She’s cautious, but not too much, allowing mom and her children to get quite close to her. Her long legs and short tail are an amusing sight, especially as her legs have white markings above the hooves like socks pulled up at different lengths.
Though the family doesn’t try to pet the foal, she must get a little nervous, because she lets out a high-pitched whinny and turns away from her new friends.
The sound isn’t that loud, but it’s enough to put mom on alert. From a distance, momma unleashes a loud whinny that echoes inside the barn.
Then we hear another whinny, and the man behind the camera warns his family to move out of the way as the sound of clip-clopping hooves becomes louder and louder.
Here comes mama horse to the rescue.
The family step to the side, and mom struts onto the scene. She’s a majestic sight – large, powerful body streaked with sand; a well-tamed mane and tail. When mom stands alongside her baby, it’s clear just how much growing the foal still has to do.
At her mom’s arrival, the little horse turns and heads off to the back of the stables with her. The two clearly have a very close bond, and mom isn’t quite ready to let her baby have full independence yet!
The video, which has more than 6 million views, has attracted some pretty hilarious comments as people give their own take on what the foal might have been communicating in her whinny.
One person wrote:
“Mom they were touching me!”
While someone else continued the scene onwards, commenting:
“Baby: MOMMA! – Mom: OH HELL NO YOU DID NOT TOUCH MY BABY!”
One commenter saw the mom of more as a protective disciplinary type, writing:
“Mom: THERE you are! If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a thousand times – No playing in the barn by yourself! You wait ’til I tell your father.”
The video only shows how protective the mare is to her foal and that’s just normal to any mother of whatever species, may it be an animal or a human. Well, in this case, we’re all glad that mama horse didn’t react wild after seeing new faces near her foal.
During a close encounter with a wild animal, it’s always best to maintain a distance from them, just make sure that the camera is rolling to capture that precious moment.
Make sure to watch the clip below to see how the momma horse rushed in to protect its foal.
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