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Default C4 Racing from Newbury - 2 horses *electrocuted*

On Feb 13, 9:57*am, (Andrew Gabriel)
wrote:
In article ,
* * * * Donwill writes:





On 2/13/2011 4:05 AM, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
In , The Medway Handyman
*writes


Could you expand on why horses are more susceptible than humans please
Andrew?


They're big animals, so more of a potential difference (a larger
voltage, in other words) appears between the front and hind legs. The
current then travels through the body via the heart. *Result: dogmeat.