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Horses fascinate us
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for many reasons.
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We're drawn to their large, soulful eyes...
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Their gentleness.
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We marvel at their powerful bodies
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built to run.
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We're particularly intrigued
by their social nature,
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the desire to communicate with each other,
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the ability to bond with other species,
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including us.
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This is Sable Island...
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a narrow strip of sand off
Canada's eastern coast.
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Though isolated from the world,
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the island is famous for its small horses
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that live wild amongst the shifting dunes.
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We know the ancestors of
these horses were once tame
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and had been bred by humans.
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But no one really knows
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the true story of how they got here.
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Some say they were the survivors
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of ancient shipwrecks.
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Life on the island would be hard for most
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exposed to the elements.
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Though the island is
surrounded by seawater,
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fresh water is scarce.
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But horses are masters of adaptation,
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and Sable Island horses have learned to dig
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for underground pools to drink.
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Another celebrated Sable Island inhabitant
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plays a surprising role
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in horse life.
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The island is home to the largest colony
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of gray seals in the world.
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Every winter, seal droppings
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bring rich nutrients from the sea...
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Turning barren sand
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into fertile soil.
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The horses have no idea
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of the unique gift the seals carry.
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But horses are known
for existing peacefully
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with other species.
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They go about their days
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slightly curious
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yet unbothered by the
creatures on the beach.
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No matter how they came
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to this place of wind and sand,
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the Sable Island horses
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have developed both the toughness
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and the gentleness necessary...
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to make it their home.
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The Yakutia Region of
Russia, near the Arctic Circle,
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is one of the coldest places on the planet.
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But humans can exist here...
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In part because of our relationship
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with horses.
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The horses carry loads
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and work the fields.
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The Yakutian people drink the horses' milk.
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These intrepid beasts
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have adapted to the extreme conditions
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and seem perfectly at home.
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Their highly evolved sense of smell
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allows them to find
grass under piles of snow.
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Yakutian horses live
outside all year round.
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They can slow their
breathing and blood flow
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and go into a kind of standing hibernation.
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Their bodies produce a type of antifreeze,
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much like prehistoric mammoths.
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They are proof
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that horses can survive
practically anywhere.
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One majestic breed has adapted to live
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in the deserts of Saudi Arabia...
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One of the hottest places on the planet.
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Arabian horses are the stuff of legend.
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They are celebrated around the world
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for their endurance,
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intelligence...
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and strong human bonds.
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And prized by the Bedouin people...
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Who even let them sleep in their tents.
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The Arabian is built to fly.
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Unlike a trot or a canter,
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where the horse's feet hit the ground
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in two or three beats,
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a gallop requires all four legs
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to be off the ground at once.
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And flying is all about breath...
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breathing in when up in the air,
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breathing out
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when the front legs hit ground.
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No wonder horses, like us,
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experience euphoria when running.
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In the remote flatlands of Mongolia
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lives a rare horse.
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The only species of horse alive today
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that has evolved naturally on its own,
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truly wild.
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At one point, they were almost extinct,
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with only 12 left.
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In 2002,
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a behavioral ecologist named Claudia Feh
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assembled a herd from
the few horses remaining
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and released them back
into their native habitat.
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Now more than 2,000
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roam free.
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These horses are known as takhi,
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which means "spirit."
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And like spirits,
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takhi move unrestricted,
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with no interest in humans,
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even Claudia.
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She observes from a distance...
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Learning how horses behave instinctually...
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As they have for thousands of years.
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They use body language...
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The twitch of an ear...
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the nod of a head.
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While we have only two muscles in our ears,
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horses have 16,
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allowing for a wealth of expression.
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Pricked ears telegraph curious interest.
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A lowered head
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conveys acceptance of each other.
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Hooded eyes signal comfort and relaxation.
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These spirits move together as a herd,
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silently signaling,
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keeping each other safe.
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The Gauche de la Dèche in France
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is home to horse whisperer
Jean-Francois Pignon.
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Fluent in the subtle
body language of horses,
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Pignon has no need for reigns or a bridal.
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He simply requests the
horse's cooperation...
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and the horse obliges.
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This approach seeks not to train
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but to build a relationship,
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one that respects the horse's instincts,
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its innate way of being.
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Pignon uses a training stick
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only as an extension of his own hand
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to guide and support...
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never to punish.
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Here on the beach, there are no barriers.
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The horses are free to flee or follow.
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Horses actually read and remember emotion.
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They can recognize a smile.
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And they can smile back.
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Horses are so sensitive,
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they can feel the beating of our hearts.
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If the horse whisperer is happy,
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the horse will know.
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So Pignon cultivates calmness,
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steadiness,
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and a loving heart.
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The horse is so many
things in a single creature...
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A balance of gentleness and power...
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A free spirit,
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at once wild and calm...
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A sensitive animal,
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receptive and expressive with emotion.
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Horses have been part of the human journey
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for centuries.
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And they will remain for many years to come
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close companions by our sides...
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and forever in our hearts.
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