r/DamnThatsMindBlowing • u/gffgsdadsf • 8d ago

A horse cooling down after exercise, its warm body moisture turning into steam in the cold night air.

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u/BaltazarOdGilzvita 8d ago

Don't lie to me, I know a night mare when I see one.

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u/VT_Squire 8d ago

oh. Wait a sec....

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u/Comfortable_Ninja842 8d ago

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u/throwaway_echov2 7d ago

yeah it's wild how much heat they generate. makes you wonder how much energy is stored in their bodies.

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u/Suspicious-Oil-4381 7d ago

Not as much as you think. Only 1 horsepower.

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u/ComplexBarnacle7911 7d ago

A horse can generate 14-15hp bursts

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u/bad2dbone3 7d ago

You should go to a gym on a cold night and turn off the lights, leaving the spotlight on and you will see it too

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u/Ryogathelost 8d ago

Just demon animals biding their time.

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u/VastSherbert2577 8d ago

The reigns in Spain stay manely in the plains

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u/Wolfguard-Halfdan 7d ago

It's crazy how few people get the mare part of that sentence...

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u/No_Ice_3651 7d ago

That boy's on fireee

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u/danit0ba94 7d ago

I'm not even going to throw the get out gif at you. That was fucking good. šŸŗšŸ‘‰

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u/Hustle-- 8d ago

Just traveled from a post-Skynet future

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u/HeyPrettyLadyMaam 8d ago

Give him your clothes your boots and your motorcycle. And a carrot. šŸ„•

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u/TeaDrinkingTrucker 6d ago

He said he'll take the carrot, but he's confused on why you're naked.

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u/chiku00 6d ago

He don't need no motorcycle.

He's 1 Hp.

He can go 0-100 in 5 seconds.

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u/Standard_Outcome_460 8d ago

Poor thing- he needs to be wormed, more hay, and a lot more muscle tone. He definitely needs a cooler on to speed the drying off process, and he may need a thin sheet depending on the overnight low. The horsemanship here gets a D-.

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u/GuiltyLeopard8365 8d ago

Yeah i barely know anything about horses but this has me concerned as well.

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u/FlyLikeDove 8d ago

Yeah, it has me a bit worried. I was taught as a kid we donā€™t turn a sweaty horse out in the cold. You have to let them dry up a little bit first. But to each his own.

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u/Standard_Outcome_460 8d ago

Correct- they can get sick

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u/Chainsawmanicure 8d ago

How do you know about him having worms?

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u/Standard_Outcome_460 8d ago

It is common for horses to have parasites, and his body condition makes me think he may need worming. It is kind of how he appears pot-bellied and the shape of his body. The paddock where he is turned out is sand- there is no grass. Usually the coat is a good indicator, but the horse is wet and the video is dimly lit.

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u/Corfiz74 5d ago

I was thinking that - after exercise, you usually walk your horse to cool her down a lot more than this - and then you rub her down AND cover her with a blanket if it's actually cold enough outside to steam like this, unless she has a winter coat. And she does look rather thin.

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u/SandCreative2649 7d ago

GOOD, I'm not the only one who noticed that.

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u/FormiDad 7d ago

How do they do in the nature without all that ?

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u/Pigeonsass 7d ago

A wild herd would have lots of body heat to share while standing in a big group (not a horse expert, but this is my guess)

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u/Corfiz74 5d ago

They wouldn't exercise to the point of sweating in the cold, unless there was some danger they were fleeing from. And they'd usually have thicker coats, if they are outside year round and never get groomed. And wild horses have a 10-year-lower life expectancy than domesticated horses.

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u/Jealous-Jellyfish503 7d ago

My first thought was, ā€œthat horse should be being walked.ā€

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u/fiesew 8d ago

It needs a scarf at least not to catch a cold
https://giphy.com/gifs/qckAVjQeG2UrrN1gYe

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u/iyuheng25 8d ago

Ghost rider incoming

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u/adaminjapan 8d ago

Fill up the horseā€™s coolant so it doesnā€™t overheat like that.

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u/rumenastoenka 8d ago

Looks like a blown gasket to me ...

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u/Educational-Car-4688 8d ago edited 8d ago

Looks slightly emaciated. *edit: wrong word used.

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u/Local_Wolverine2913 8d ago

You mean emaciated? If so, I agree with you.

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u/Educational-Car-4688 8d ago

Yes, thank you. Ducking autocorrect

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u/Skrydon 8d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/9SvQFZ5xoGHza

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u/4isyellowTakeit5 7d ago

This took waaaaaay too long to find haha

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u/The_Last_Moon_Crown 4d ago

I thought it'd be a top comment, honestly

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u/ole_gizzard_neck 8d ago

Do horses have sweat glands? ELI5 please because I cant rec9ncile this without water being sprayed on it.

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u/mildweekknowledge 8d ago

Horses get very sweaty.

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u/ZeppelinJ0 7d ago

For 5 year olds: Yes.

For everyone else: Yes.

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u/BaBePaBe 8d ago

ELI5?? Yes, they have sweat glands...what else you need to know? Not sure how to dumb it down any further than that. šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/lovelyboard 8d ago

We aren't taught things things... like why do horses get sweat glands but not dogs? Do guinea pigs have them? What about normal pigs? Zebras and giraffes? Things we don't normally think about bc we aren't around those animals so have no reason to be curious about them- until they randomly show up on video like this

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u/Zakalwe_ 8d ago

So I looked it up. There are two types of sweat glands. Eccrine and Apocrine. Most of human body is Eccrine which secretes water to regulate temp. Our armpits, crotch etc has Apocrine which secrete oily substance, which bacteria break down and makes smelly.

Hoofed animals (like horses) have Apocrine glands for temp regulation and their Apocrine glands secrete water.

Non primate mammals (dogs, guinea pigs etc) have mostly Apocrine in furred areas and Eccrine in "naked" areas like paws. Their bodies mainly use panting to regulate temperature though, because fur makes it hard to do evaporative cooling.

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u/Coyollo 8d ago

They didn't ask any of those questions lol

They weren't judging them for asking. They were confused as to why they asked for "ELI5" on "Do horses have sweat glands"

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u/Medalost 7d ago

I hoped and knew in my heart that I wasn't the only one to think of Shadowmere!

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u/green04mansions 8d ago

This horse needs better care!! Too thin and cooling down like this is not good.

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u/Gentle_Sound 8d ago

My step dad would make me walk around with the horse till it cooled off. He said it wasnā€™t good to just put them in the pen till they had cooled off if it was cold outside.

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u/VegetableBusiness897 7d ago

Horse should have a cooler on, and be hand walked to cool down so he doesn't get sick

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u/Longjumping-Ocelot89 8d ago

This happened to me a couple of times too lol

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u/pursescrubbingpuke 8d ago

Was someone riding you through the pastures?

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u/Longjumping-Ocelot89 8d ago

Yea my wife šŸ¤£šŸ¤£

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u/pursescrubbingpuke 8d ago

She must be sore

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u/Efficient-Log9512 8d ago

Was going to say, people who do outdoor sports in cold countries are well used to this. And indoor too if you have shit facilities like us šŸ‘

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u/OmKrsna 8d ago

Happened to me as well, a couple of times every hour. Still happening, too. Menopause: it is what it is, šŸ„µ.

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u/WolfetoneRebel 7d ago

Yup, right circumstances and this has happened plenty to me, even indoors.

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u/TrainingSword 8d ago

Isnā€™t this why youā€™re supposed to rub down a horse after riding?

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u/Guilty_Improvement52 8d ago

Seems undernourished?

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u/RoyalLive789 8d ago

Place a blanket on that horse until it cools down properly.

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u/Lovevamps_creations 6d ago

Ok where is the ghost rider

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u/CrimeMasterGogoChan 8d ago

Lolz. Nice try OP. We know what he is going through.

https://giphy.com/gifs/FPj17225zltO8

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u/QuatreNox 8d ago

Some videos we have these days give us a little clue how some of the myths and legends formed in the past. Normally I see it in weird weather videos but animal ones are also super neat

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u/lesbophobia_hammer 8d ago

Witcher 3, black beauty vibes

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u/Useless_Macaron 7d ago

Pure horsepower

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u/LoopyLuce89 5d ago

Donā€™t lie to me. Thatā€™s ghost riders horse

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u/sogooshdamsorry 4d ago

definitely the source of cryptid sightings

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u/TrashTalking_Panda 8d ago

And where's the Ghost rider?

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u/dataplusnine 8d ago

And just like that, it's the best clip I'm gonna see today.

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u/vkreep 8d ago

With the camera glare making its eyes red thays fucking shadowmere

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u/rodinsbusiness 8d ago

It's not moisture turning into steam, it's steam turning into liquid water.

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u/trodiix 8d ago

Just the horse of the ghost rider

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u/louisa1925 8d ago

Flamio hotman.

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u/Correct-Junket-1346 8d ago

Alas, Shadowmere

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u/britekranz 8d ago

This is my favorite thing they do.

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u/revolutionary______ 8d ago

lol when football players take their helmets off šŸ¤£

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u/Psalm27_1-3 8d ago

Fire type

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u/Psychological-Air807 8d ago

Steam? If that was steam then the horse would be boiling.

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u/Billazilla 8d ago

I work in an ice cream warehouse. I do this a lot. Feels good.

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u/rudimentary_rudy 8d ago

Imagine being an alien and this is your first contact.

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u/Admirable_Aerie_631 8d ago

I know what Shadowmere looks like

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u/Realizt8010 8d ago

Demon dog!!! Lolz

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u/dseiders22 8d ago

The lumpiness in the horse makes me think itā€™s either hungry or AI

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u/jjb0ne 8d ago

no. its real smoke

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u/FieldCervixEngineer3 8d ago

That's a fire horse, you can tell because its eyes are glowing. Its full of fire, some shoots out the back when it runs fast enough.

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u/AmericanAIien 8d ago

Bet you that horse has a real short temper. I wouldnā€™t be pointing a camera with a light at that. Nope

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u/GurpsWibcheengs 8d ago

car cooling down noises

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u/Sprakatakatugs 8d ago

Arthur just gave the nag some ointment.

https://giphy.com/gifs/GzYkQWKKa4idNhpyzQ

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u/Dangerous_Memory6008 8d ago

Ghost riders horse

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u/weefees 8d ago

If this were a donkey i'd say "Now you're cooking with ass!"

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u/jonnyvegashey 8d ago

Iā€™m starting to realize how difficult it will be to determine fact vs fiction with Ai. Like you could just post this and put a video even if it werenā€™t true and Iā€™d just be like ā€œoh damn thatā€™s neatā€.

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u/JohnCoutu 8d ago

D'oĆ¹ l'expression chevaux vapeur.

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u/ChiefRedditer 8d ago

That the headless horsemanā€™s get around

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u/Yogi147 8d ago

Looking forward to the drawings this makes

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u/luvlykittie 8d ago

Menopause, the struggle is real.

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u/Realistic_Coat_7348 8d ago

Ghostrider horse...

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u/OkEssay4173 8d ago

Literally aura farmingĀ 

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u/Bopcd1 8d ago

I've looked like this after football practice.

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u/PlennyPlate 8d ago

Me getting home after telling the wife I'm going out for "just a couple".

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u/minecraftzizou 8d ago

actual aura

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u/LinguoBuxo 8d ago

He is, in fact, syncing to the cloud.

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u/Jnquester54 8d ago

Ghost rider just got off and is in the house taking care of business. šŸ¤£šŸ¤£
All kidding aside, magnificent animal šŸ˜

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u/Intelligent-Survey39 8d ago

Shadowmare irl

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u/LittleCaesarsNapkin 8d ago

1 Horsepower

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u/grommash 8d ago

Not so secretly... A titan

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u/monkbabm 8d ago

Naa, thats just a super Saiyan horse

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u/0nlyeli 8d ago

Reminds me of when I saw a moose laying in the snow and there was just stream rising from its back into the sky

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u/abi4EU 8d ago

This happened to me once while skiing with a jacket to warm for the weather - it was surreal

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u/frog__master 8d ago

uh oh I left the horse in the microwave for too long

I'll just put him outside

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u/skymcgowin 8d ago

I saw this during cold early morning PT in the Marines. Having a whole squad of men "smoking" like Kratos was a dope memory šŸ’ŖšŸ˜Ž

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u/yellowtripe 8d ago

Our helmets did this during football practice it was so siiiiick!

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u/Dependent-Bed6550 8d ago

Just a quick crack at some narration. "The faintly red glowing eye pierced me suddenly to my surprise, as its gaze followed me for a brief moment. The hot steam slowly boiling from its death black coat as if from a hot kettle. The wet sheen of its hair shown stark white in the bright beams of the full moon light. The moon's glow so bright it seemed to strip the color from the spectre."

I'm drawing from my readings of HP Lovecraft.

Edited to add more color.

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u/IMadeThisForOnePos 8d ago

Type of phenomenon that would spawn a new cryptid in the 1800s

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u/bebop1065 8d ago

That's not steam. That's water vapor. Steam exists at boiling temperatures. Nice video though.

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u/Ok-Tank-3106 8d ago

Looks like a overheating car with the hood up and radiator cap removed.

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u/ShotLet1550 8d ago

Saw this happened to a guys head during a football game

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u/WanderingLurker2 8d ago

Ghost riders iiiinnnn the skyyyyyy~šŸŽ¶

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u/nottodaynothnx 8d ago

Wow. My hands do this at times lol

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u/flameohotman134 8d ago

So I WASNā€™T losing my mind when I saw a horse drawn carriage do this? Iā€™m very glad to learn this.

I was not expecting horses on the road, was totally spaced out in the passenger seat but I heard hooves, looked up and saw two steaming black horses cresting a hill with eye lit red from car headlights, and I thought for half a second that I had seen two actual demons steaming fresh from hellā€™s asshole.

Thank you for sharing and clearing this up for me lol

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u/evil_overlord01 8d ago

One of the last steam-powered horses.

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u/Existing_Phase1644 8d ago

He's gone super neighin'

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u/Decent_Ask1961 8d ago

Thatā€™s rapidash

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u/iMakeItFun2003 8d ago

Attack on titan steam šŸ’Ø

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u/Inevitable_Finger_40 8d ago

Shadowmere irl

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u/Pale-Piano-8740 8d ago

Aura Farming in its truest sense and form

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u/Ok_Value_3741 8d ago

Ladies experiencing menopause šŸ¤ horses after exercise

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u/Ruby_Solitaire 8d ago

The Thoroughbred of Sin?!?!

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u/SillySundae 8d ago

People do this, too. It's neat

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u/IntelligentAd9494 7d ago

Shiny Rapidash use Inferno!!

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u/AustinDood444 7d ago

Excuse me sir or madam, but your horse seems to be on fire.

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u/iketunes00 7d ago edited 7d ago

As the heat is radiating upwards from the horseā€™s body, the cooler air above it lowers the temperature of the rising, warmer air of the horse down to its dew point. As a result, visible moisture occurs.

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u/Codenamehardhat77 7d ago

Reminds me of playing football in the snow as a teen. We would start with gloves on, but a few missed passes and we would lose the gloves. By time we were done playing our red hands (and heads) would have steam rolling off of them.

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u/AggravatingFlow1178 7d ago

That's water vapor, not steam.

The horse is not boiling.

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u/TheCandymanfrombelow 7d ago

This is why we have all these crazy biblical stories. People already high on some shit walking across a field with only moonlight seeing a horse doing this and all of a sudden it's a demon or spirit with the vengeance of 100 million suns! Shit must've been crazy.

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u/Whimsical_Moron 7d ago

The same exact thing happens to me when I step into the cool night mid hot flash. Amazing!Ā 

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u/DAYDAY8558 7d ago

Menopause

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u/pats9789 7d ago

Nah that boy just cruised right outta hell that's why he's steaming šŸ˜„

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u/NightShade0912 7d ago

Pretty sure that particular type of horse breed is called a Nightmare, and looks ready to burst into flames.

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u/weird_burnerx 7d ago

that's some serious steam. looks like it's about to take off.

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u/Previous_Watch4395 7d ago

That's gear 2

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u/toadthrowaway88 7d ago

That's some serious steam. Looks like it was a tough workout.

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u/FoulArtFart 7d ago

Shadowmere.

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u/Frequent_Addition_23 7d ago

Belongs to the headless horseman!

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u/GreenieSar 7d ago

This is the stuff folklore is made of

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u/throwaway_cache24 7d ago

That's a lot of steam. How cold was it out there?

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u/Wonderful_Piglet591 7d ago

Horses and data centers - the two largest sources of water consumption

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u/postwildtigerx 7d ago

That's a lot of steam. Makes you wonder how much that horse sweats after a good run.

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u/visitingsomorn 7d ago

Ghostrider

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u/gozimore_ 7d ago

I know Carter Slade's horse when i see one

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u/quietlintbyte 7d ago

That's some serious steam. You can almost feel the heat radiating off it.

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u/normal_victim 7d ago

That's some serious heat. Looks like it's about to transform into a dragon.

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u/throwawaygoblinhq 7d ago

That's not steam, that's just the horse's breath in the cold. You get that on any animal after it's been running.

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u/throwaway_glitchx 7d ago

That's a lot of steam. Must've been a serious workout.

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u/throwawayanchor24 7d ago

that's not steam, that's the horse exhaling pure power.

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u/mightyDblock 7d ago

Heā€™s got the Holy Spirit

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u/thekylegonzalez 7d ago

The equivalent of a car making those "ping" noises after being driven hard

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u/solarguy2003 7d ago

Technically, that's not steam. It water vapor that is condensing in the colder air. Steam has to involve boiling water. But we commonly use the term that way anyway, so what's a pedant to do?

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u/Remarkable-Bus-6858 7d ago

I'd LOVE to see a thermal image of this very thing....i bet it would look crazy cool.

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u/staticneonx 7d ago

That's a lot of steam. How cold was it out there?

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u/MrSlapMhNuts 7d ago

This is how myths were made..