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Ponies. How do they work? If you have guesses on other things then:

 

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Why ponies seems to grab a lot of things with hooves? You may have noticed that their hooves seems to have a lot more possibilities of motion than horses' in real life. This can be explained if we imagine the cornified structure of an equestrian hoof to be a lot smaller than real life ones; thanks to this, there's a lot more space for muscles, allowing ponies to move their hooves (at least the fore-ones) in an almost similar way to human hands. it's also worth of consideration that equestrian arms and legs seems to have a lot more of meat and less skinny than real life horses, which may contribute on their variegate motion system.

* They have little dewclaws in front like a ''Merychippus'', only nailless and webbed to the main body of the foreleg. We don't see those because of the simplistic animation.

 

== Equestrian ponies have no fur: they have colored skin. ==

In "The Best Night Ever", Applejack said that ponies are always naked (when they not wear dresses, of course). Now as we all know horses and ponies, just like any other animal, have their coats who works like natural clothes for them, so in theory the are ''never'' naked. Plus there's also the fact that Equestrian ponies can make "additional fur" (aka beard) to grow up in their face, which doesn't make much sense for animals covered by fur (well, unless for some species like lions or sheeps, but not horse). So the only natural conclusion is: ponies in Equestria have skins of varios colors, not fur, which also explains the need of clothes.

* Don't know if it counts as canon, but the lyrics of "Equestria Girls" mention "furry coats."

* In regard to the Jossing above, perhaps ponies have very fine/short hairs similar to that of whales and similar ocean mammals, causing it to blend into itself almost non-noticeably while allowing manes, tails, and facial hair to form as well.

* Well, the jaw thing can be argued that they needed to develop that way because they use their mouths in place of hands.

* Have you seen a horse's mouth? They can still deliver a nasty bite. Their teeth are not designed for slicing prey, but grinding down tough plant material.

* That said, there ''have'' been accounts of [[Truth in Television|real, live horses]] showing indications towards omnivory. Who's to say this wasn't all the more true at some point in the history of sapient, civilized mini-horses, especially considering that predator eye placement of theirs?

* The Apple family raises pigs, and pigs within Equestria are demonstrated to be no-more intelligent than their real-life counterpart. Pigs are raised IRL for their meat and leather, and they serve no other purpose from an agricultural standpoint. [[Word of God|Faust]] was a bit evasive about the question, implying that the Apples let the pigs live on their farm because the pigs needed somewhere to stay, however the pragmatist would point out that the presence of pigs is the most likely explanation for where Applejack's leather hat came from.

 

== The secret to pony magic is that keratin, the material hair and horns are made of is an excellent conductor of it. ==

 

== All types of ponies have potential to use some types of magic. ==

 

== Night Ponies are a separate, but related, race to normal Ponies. ==

With several months out of the year being blanketed in darkness, the loyalists were free to revere their chosen princess as much as they pleased. Outside of Celestia's sunlight though, they began to change. Over the millennium of self-imposed exile, these ponies underwent a rapid evolution, likely accelerated by whatever corrupted Luna, gaining cloven hooves and vertically slitted pupils in addition to darker colors. The loyalist unicorns found their horns changing with each generation, and the pegasi had their wings shift with the new evolution. Eventually, the loyalists became the Night Ponies. Breaking the species differences down.

Earth Night Pony: Cloven hooves, slitted pupils, traits common to all Night Ponies.

Since equines have different dietary needs then human beings (not just a near absence of meat products and the presence of certain plants), their cuisine probably developed to be quite different from human ones. For example, there's probably double the amount of salt in the baked goods then what is considered normal for baked goods made for people.

* Related guess: Pony food normally has enough sugar to give a human diabetes. A human pancrease just isn't built to handle all of Apple Jack's apple themed desserts and Pinkie's Cakes/Candies style baked goods.

 

== Pony Teeth are Super Tough. ==

 

== Breaking a leg for a Pony does not mean its time for a [[Mercy Kill]]. They can actually get better from that. ==

 

== When Young, Boy Ponies Will Be Stupid. ==

**** Pegasi - Equus caballio pegasi (also known as Equus pegasi)

 

 

== The ponies of Equestria are semi-divine servitors created to uphold the natural laws. ==

We're told that the world outside of Equestria does not require the maintenance Equestria does; animals take care of themselves, as does the weather. But this is not a sure thing. In case of a breakdown of the natural laws, Celestia created servants that might keep things running smoothly so she herself could focus on fixing the underlying problem. She made Equestria exempt from some of these laws so that the ponies would not forget the skills required. The ponies with mundane skills are to collect the practical knowledge of civilization so that even if all life outside of Equestria is destroyed through some cosmic SNAFU, rebuilding will be possible. They were given free will because Celestia and Luna needed the company.

* Ah, but is the Everfree Forest the norm (suggesting all lands beyond Equestria work that way) or an aberration (suggesting you could circumnavigate the Forest while remaining in Equestria)?

== The ponies of Equestria are [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien|Sufficiently Advanced Aliens]]. ==

[[Fridge Brilliance|Look at the evidence.]] They [[Weather Control Machine|control the weather and the landscape.]] They've [[All Animals Are Domesticated|domesticated animals]] to the point where said animals have [[The Fair Folk|forgotten how to take care of themselves.]] [[Humans Are Cthulhu|(Sound familiar?)]] Their society is [[Perfect Pacifist People|ludicrously advanced]] compared to humans. They even have [[Functional Magic]] [[Crystal Dragon Jesus|for Celestia's sake!]] The ponies never seem to question any of this, and are horrified at the thought of nature taking care of itself. [[Captain Obvious|Obviously,]] their technology has advanced to a level in which [[Clarke's Third Law|the ponies themselves don't fully understand how it works]], it "just is". (Kinda like the attitude many humans in developed countries have towards advancements such as computers, medicine, and and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|democracy.]]) This perfectly explains all the [[Schizo-Tech|Schizo Tech.]] It's [[For Science!|SCIENCE]], people!

** And they know it: they are deathly afraid of Cutie Pox when Applebloom gets it.

 

 

== Pegasus ponies don't fly with their wings. ==

* [[Word of God]] confirms that pegasus and earth ponies have magical powers. While she doesn't say that flight is magical it's a safe assumption to make.

* As an extension to this it is possible that in most cases magic is providing the lift. In those cases the wings are merely acting as stabilizers and forward propulsion. We see evidence of this in Scootaloo, who has yet to master the magic required for lift but is able to use her wings for forward propulsion. Only certain Pegasi can use magic for forward propulsion, the Wonderbolts and Rainbow Dash would be examples. This is visible as the magical trails these Pegasi leave behind.This magic might also explain the Sonic Rainboom. Ponies are not very aerodynamic, so additional magic would be used to improve the aerodynamics of the Pegasus. Additional magical force would be required as forward velocity increases to prevent the Pegasus from being shredded by air resistance. After breaching the sound barrier there is a marked decrease in air resistance, so the magical energy would need to be rapidly dissipated in the form of the rainbow explosion witnessed.

* Fluttershy seems to have imperfect control over this ability. In episode 2, after a burst of mass compensation when she and Rainbow Dash catch Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy undercompensates for Twilight's mass, because she's used to carrying smaller mammals. In "The Cutie Mark Chronicles", even though she couldn't gain control of her falling, she was able to reduce her mass enough that a swarm of butterflies was enough to break her fall.

* When Rainbow Dash is affected by the Poison Joke and her wings are on upside-down, she's still able to move her own weight around. This is particularly visible when she's on the floor and apparently thrust-vectoring downward into it, but it causes her to scoot across the floor as if she weighs nothing.

 

== Pegasi don't form families. ==

 

== Earth Pony magic connects them to the earth, literally. ==

 

== Earth Ponies enhance healing abilities. ==

* That could explain why that one farmer pony at the Grand Galloping Gala had no cutie mark - he can't have gone all that time without finding his special talent, could he?

 

As read by Twilight, the Cutie Pox was a plague that caused ponies to suddenly get a bunch of cutie marks, and the ponies were forced to preform the talent each mark represents. If there was no known cure for it, and there were perhaps some bad marks as well that some ponies got, it's no wonder that in [[Story of the Blanks]], {{spoiler|the ponies of Sunny Town were paranoid about cutie marks. If one appeared, others might follow, so the Sunny Town residents figured it was best to kill off a pony that got a cutie mark before they went out of control and the plague spread}}.

 

The text Twilight read said it went away as mysteriously as it first appeared, so no one really knew what was going on. However the text doesn't make it out to have been terminal. Applebloom however took a massive concentration of the flower that causes the effect, making her case that much more serious.

 

* It would certainly explain why there just so happened to be a fencer in full dueling gear, a block of marble standing in the middle of town, and ''lions'' that needed taming...

* What about the hula-hooping, plate-spinning, tap-dancing, and French-speaking? None of those were jobs that needed to be done.

* There was that tornado cutie mark though that had no purpose other than to force Apple Bloom to spin uncontrollably.

** A limited form of wind-based magic, perhaps? A tornado could be ''really'' useful in a fight.

== Even after death, afflicted ponies continue performing the talents associated with the marks until decomposition and general wear and tear degrade the body to an absolutely unusable state. ==

* [[Nightmare Fuel]]

 

== Adult ponies without cutie marks are seen as incredibly creepy, because they don't exist naturally ==

* Cheerilee ''is'' a child of the 80s, after all. Maybe it was nostalgia for her youth.

 

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