Horse poop

Slightly off topic, but this reminds me of an article I read the other day about the human poo problem in San Francisco. There's so much of it, they now have dedicated "poop patrollers" who earn $185,000 a year cleaning up human faeces. What a wonderful place. :p
 
Ace Modder said:
The reason horse poop is not dangerous is because horses eat hay/straw etc.

Dog poop is made of meat etc, and this causes disease and bacteria which can be dangerous.
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IIRC, the main problem is a parasite that doesn't infect horses...

...erk, there are half a dozen of them. Roundworm is the one that can cause blindness in humans and that's the one I was thinking of. There's a whole load of bacteria too but that's common to faeces from different species, including horses. The key difference is that strains adapted to horse digestive systems haven't jumped species to humans. It's not so much about what they eat as it about which specfic types and strains of bacteria can infect them. For example, human faeces is very dangerous to humans in terms of bacterial contamination and it doesn't matter what the human who's the source of it eats.

Horses have probably been the root of some diseases in humans, though. It's a risk of domesticating any animal - the more contact, the more chances for a pathogen to jump species.
 
ubersonic said:
Kinda crazy it took until post #38 for somebody to point this out lol.

I mean there were loads of people telling the OP he was wrong but now why.
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It was first pointed out in post 11. Then in post 13. Probably some others too before post 38.
 
builder22 said:
it's simple...horses are allowed on the road as a form of transport

you're not expected to catch your exhaust fumes, are you?

(half serious)
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I get your point and I see the logic behind it... but, fumes from exhausts will no longer exist in 2040 when all petrol & diesel engines are banned and we switch to electric and fumes, not that fumes are such an issue in the rural area I live though, horse poop is more a problem :p
 
if you can afford a horse you can a afford a field to play with the thing !!!1


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i seem to remember a very similar thread on a different forum :D
 
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francky said:
After reading this....I hope you slip off your bike and land face first in Horse ****!
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I was thinking of something more along these lines.

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ubersonic said:
Nope, they pointed out there was a difference, it wasn't until post #38 that anyone thought to actually explain to the OP what the difference was.
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The previous posts explained what the difference is. Post 38 made up a reason for that difference that isn't true.
 
Angilion said:
The previous posts explained what the difference is. Post 38 made up a reason for that difference that isn't true.
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Nope, post #37 did not explain the difference, it was post #38 that was the first to explain what the actual difference was and why it's important. You can double check this by clicking on page 1 and reading the posts xD

Hence my point that it was kinda lol that the were loads of posters telling OP there was an important difference but it wasn't until post #38 that anyone thought to explain what the important difference was lol.
 
ubersonic said:
Hence my point that it was kinda lol that the were loads of posters telling OP there was an important difference but it wasn't until post #38 that anyone thought to explain what the important difference was lol.
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There should be a poop chart. I demand a poop chart.

My basic rule of thumb is if you step in it and it's just annoying then it's not dangerous.

If you step in it and it makes you gag and recoil then it's not so good.
 
This forum does have a weird obsession with poo, but in any case:

Beyond your grass, it has been estimated that a single gram of dog waste can contain 23 million fecal coliform bacteria, which are known to cause cramps, diarrhea, intestinal illness, and serious kidney disorders in humans. EPA even estimates that two or three days’ worth of droppings from a population of about 100 dogs would contribute enough bacteria to temporarily close a bay, and all watershed areas within 20 miles of it, to swimming and shell fishing.

Dog feces are one of the most common carriers of the following diseases:

 
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