On: Wild horses reintroduced to Kazakhstan steppes after absence of two centuries

[blackeyeblitzar → Apocryphon]

Yes, and little else. A lot of it is land with short grasses as well although that varies by region. I guess I am surprised it would be enough for horses nutritionally.

[orwin → blackeyeblitzar]

It was enough for mongol/kereit/naiman/turcik horses (eastern steppe horses?). Of the 5 snouts, only the horse could rely on grass only without peas or roots, which made it the king of the 5, everybody knew how to take care of a horse, even semi-nomad clans had 2 to 3 per adult.

[blackeyeblitzar → orwin]

Didn’t those people all domesticate horses? I would think they may have farmed grains to feed the horses. And these introduced horses are meant to be wild.

[Ar-Curunir → blackeyeblitzar]

Almost all steppe peoples domesticated existing wild horses

[Apocryphon → blackeyeblitzar]

Well, the horses are indigenous to that habitat, after all.

[philwelch → blackeyeblitzar]

The steppe is where the ancestors to modern domesticated horses came from. In fact that’s where they were first domesticated.