Penn is having a physical issue, one that is actually taking us to the vet clinic this afternoon instead of her coming to us, so while that happens, enjoy these FLIR One Infrared pictures I took yesterday!
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| Normally his dapples are only visible when he's freshly clipped... NOW I SEE THEM ALL |
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| Fire Dapple should totally be his new color. Much more exciting than "Bay". |
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SECRET DAPPLES
Best we can figure is the dapple hairs are slightly different, and the IR views them differently. |
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| You can kind of see them in this pic, immediately after clipping him. |
Thinking good thoughts for Penn! Those heat dapples are super cool!
ReplyDeletethat's so fascinating. i remember watching some documentary (i think it was "inside nature's giants"?) about giraffes, and apparently their spots have specific heat transfer properties, like heat dissipation or something? maybe horse dapples are the same?!? lol who knows!
ReplyDeleteanyway tho, hopefully your clinic visit goes ok today!
That's been my understanding too, that horse dapples are actually "hotter" than the rest of their hair
Deletehow very cool! hope your vet visit goes well!
ReplyDeleteFire spots are amazing!
ReplyDeleteYou missed the opportunity to say that Penn is LIT. ;)
ReplyDeleteHow is Penn? Hoping for some good news for you both!
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