On the scale of things that really annoy me, this horse is right up at the top of the list. Not because of the horse itself, I love the horses, but because I have never heard anyone pronounce its name correctly. I even had a course last semester at Cornell with "highly respected" professor who couldn't even manage to do it. So here's the correct way for all of you. The Przewalski's (Shuh-vall-skee...I know that's not even close to the correct phonetic spelling, but you get the idea) Horse, or takhi, is the only remaining truly wild horse on earth. Mustangs, brumbies and such are actually just feral horses, not wild. This horse is one of the many reasons I'd like to visit Mongolia before I die.
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