• Dookieman12@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    The horse rectum and anus are a marvel of engineering. Together, they’re capable of expelling waste, segmenting waste, and cleaning themselves, with one contraction performed by a single muscle.

    As the sphincter contracts, it pushes out the waste, while also tightening to divide the waste into precisely segmented portions. If you weigh the individual pieces of waste, they weigh the same, within only a half ounce or so of each other.

    After the waste is expelled, before the sphincter relaxes, it squeezes the rectum in the direction of the anus, effectively cleaning the rectum of any remaining waste.

    This design has been replicated mechanically and applied to countless manufacring processes. Just about any time some amount of fluid needs to be precisely portioned out on an assembly line, it uses a device that was designed to be basically a mechanical version of a horse’s asshole because it does such a good job of dispensing consistent quantities while minimizing waste, requiring very little maintenance and upkeep, and being very simple to build.

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      22 hours ago

      Thank you/damn you for making me search “how do horse rectums work” and variations there of. I didn’t find an exact source for this info. Would you be so kind so save me from more horse anus searchs and provide a source for the delightful interesting info you posted please?

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      2 days ago

      Do your kids ever fight about who’s getting more food?

      Not any more!

      Here kids, meet Buddy! A huge help on the farm and in the kitchen!

      Note: horse enema syringe sold separately. Minor changes to food flavour may be experienced, this is normal and not a cause for concern. Avoid dispensing of spicy foods as it might cause explosive discharge and/or being kicked.

    • applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 day ago

      thats fascinating. i always wondered how they got away with having their vagina and rectum in the same hole. it sounds like it would cause all kinds of problems, yet horses exist.