Why Do Horses Wear Shoes? 🐴 | Tutki Asks Why

Why do horses wear shoes? 🐴 Tutki the octopus spots Biscuit the horse wearing SHOES, and wants eight pairs of his own! In this episode of Tutki Asks Why, solve four hoof-tastic mysteries: what a hoof is made of, whether putting shoes on hurts, where hooves wear away fastest, and how wild horses manage with no shoes at all. Talk it over at every countdown, try a chalk test with a grown-up, and stay for the fun facts! ▶ Try it yourself, free: https://nowiseewhy.com/?from=yt24t5&d... An interactive 3D lesson for ages 5–11, with a Grown-ups level too. No accounts, and no ads in the lessons. Chapters 0:00 Shoes on a horse?! 0:24 Made of what? 0:55 Does it hurt? 1:36 Where does it wear? 2:14 Wild horses? 2:49 Try it with a grown-up 3:38 Fun facts! A hoof is made of keratin, the same stuff as your fingernails, and it keeps on growing. The nails for a horseshoe go only into the hoof’s hard outside, which can’t feel, and a shoe protects the hoof when hard work on rough ground would wear it away faster than it grows. Wild horses walk so far over hard, dry ground that their hooves wear down by themselves. Tutki Asks Why: a science adventure for curious kids, with Tutki the octopus. Got a "why" question? Ask a grown-up to send it at https://nowiseewhy.com/ask The voices in this video are AI-generated. #TutkiAsksWhy #Horses #ScienceForKids