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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

~~Poor horsey. Iirc they actually had to drown it ;(~~

[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 12 points 3 weeks ago

No they didn't, that's just a false rumor.

[–] lib1@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I just looked it up. There were 2 horses who played Artax so they could film continuously while not working the horses continuously. They trained the horses for 7 weeks to be comfortable submerging themselves up to the neck in mud. Still a wild thing to do to a horse but neither of them died

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, that's good to know