A putto is often called a cherub (plural cherubs) although unlike the Biblical cherub (plural cherubim) in form and symbolism: cherubim have four faces of different species and several pairs of wings, and are sacred, whereas putti are secular and represent a non-religious passion.
teaser stallion. stallion used to detect those mares which are in estrus. During the breeding season those mares to be bred are brought into a crush and the teaser brought alongside. The mares that show estral signs are kept back, usually palpated per rectum to determine the state of their ovaries, and may be bred.
Mares are very protective of their foals and sometimes mares in a band look after foals that are not their own. The stallion too, is protective of the foals making sure they stay with the herd when it is traveling. Similar to many families, the stallion is the protector but the dominant mare rules the herd. The copyright of the article Horse Behavior in Herds of Domestic and Wild Horses is owned by Cheryl Weldon and permission to republish in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.