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Everypony, including adults, are called ponies (young ponies are "little ponies"). Mules (Horse/donkey) are shown and mentioned, and Rarity acts as though they are all ugly or bad in some way. The "Yah, mule!" reference suggests mules do mostly manual labor. Unless Rarity and others are racist against biracial ponies, then horses must be different than ponies. This is backed up by the fact that IRL ponies don't talk or use tools.
* Are you under the impression that "pony" is a synonym for "foal" rather than a class of short horse breeds?
** Aside from the fact that the terms ''aren't'' synonymous, the transformed mouse-horses on the Season 1 finale didn't seem to be entirely sapient. Then again, they were still behaving more-or-less like mice.
== Every sentient race follows the same Earth-Air-Magic dynamic as Equestria. ==
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* Ponies (Asian?): Mongolian wild horses, Qilin, Tulpar
* Griffons: Hieracosphinx, Keythong (yes, the name is real), Standard griffon
* Dragons: Earth Dragons, Magic Dragons (Spike's breed?), "Standard" dragons
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* Dogs: Diamond Dogs (Earth), Scurvy Dogs (water), Foo Dogs/Blink Dogs (magic), Black Dogs (air), Hellhounds (fire, may need a rename), Cerberus (Alicorn)
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== Every sentient species have their own [[Physical God]]. ==
Considering that Princess Celestia and Luna are the only Alicorns in series so far, there may be other god-like rulers for each sentient species.
* Of course, there comes the question of what those would be. Is there an Eastern dragon watching over Spike's ilk? Do the Diamond Dogs answer to the great and mighty Snoop Dog?
** I laughed at the Snoop Dog part, perhaps he can voice the Diamond Dogs' leader. The buffalo's [[Physical God]] could be a white buffalo, considering to be sacred among the plains Indians.
== Griffons and ponies are locked in [[Fantastic Racism]], with an angry peace at best and war at worst. ==
It's a common fandom idea that, if griffons have a civilization, it's against the ponies, and griffon wars tend to factor in the general pony-past, or even the pony-present, in fanworks. It certainly has precedence; in mythology, griffons ate horses, and animosity toward a pony culture would be the closest thing.
* I'm skeptical about this, at least the modern antagonism between the two cultures, seeing as how Gilda was able to walk around unmolested and her treatment of Ponyville seemed more about how it was a small boring town (she came during a slow week), and she was allowed to attend Junior Speedsters Flight Camp (or Rainbow Dash was... its location isn't quite made clear). I'd say they have a neutral stance in modern times, but they are kept apart because the two cultures freak each other out (which is why Griffons are unrecognized by Pinkie and considered rare by Rarity). Griffons are likely carnivores, but have the same cultural opposition to eating sentient creatures as we would, and pretty much every animal in Equestria qualifies. Meanwhile, because Equestrians are fairly isolationist, they probably wouldn't realize animals outside their lands can't hold conversations. To keep the Griffon/Horse dichotomy, Griffons likely raise (non-sentient) horses, something that is viewed by Ponies like Westerners view eating Great Apes at best (and allows for the existence of phrases like "gift horse" without referring to slavery).
** It's also possible that Gilda is a Griffin ambassador in Equestria without telling to Rainbow Dash, and just like the bad guy from ''[[Lethal Weapon 2]]'', she had diplomatic immunity, and was abusing it.
* My personal canon is that the Griffon-Pony War ended a few years ago; Gilda is of the first generation to grow up knowing peace. but she still picked up on her parents' quiet animosity towards ponies, and so she hates them as well, with one exception. Meanwhile, Ponyville is in the shadow of Canterlot, the capital city. Since a country usually spreads out from the capital, and I imagine the war was sen mostly at the border between the two counties, it may be that none of them actually ''saw'' the war, meaning that it was too distant for them to develop emotional feelings against griffons. I'm not sure where the Young Fliers Camp would be located, but since the war is over they had no reason to bar griffons from joining. Gilda may have gotten some flak from the poinis that came from the border, but Rainbow Dash likely defended her like she did Flutershy at Flight School, which may be why they became friends in the first place. And this suddenly became an impromptu fanfic.
== Griffons aren't themselves a race. ==
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== The origin of Zap Apples ==
They are stated to be unlike any other apples seen due to their magical nature. And the color of the apples and the way in which the growth cycle happens [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
== Rocks are edible ==
We know Pinkie's got an [[Iron Stomach]], with her ability to eat [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
== In the FIM universe, gems grow like plants. ==
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When Discord's species is mentioned, one of the first things said about him is that he has the head of a pony and the body of a dragon. Perhaps his parents were a dragon and a pony?
* Oh God Spike/Rarity's children!
** Discord ''is'' the son of Spike & Rarity....from the future, who traveled to the ancient past and was imprisoned for his mischief.
*** Why does this make so much sense?
*** No it doesn't. It makes absolutely no sense. Which is why it's perfect for Discord.
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* It gets better. You know all those duplicate assets Studio B uses for crowd shots? [[Watsonian Versus Doylist|So they can fill out a scene with identical ponies to save time?]] Are those supposed to be there?
* Better yet. Now we know why Bon Bon's voice is different every time. Each appearance is a different Changeling taking her form.
* I'm Lyra Heartstings, yes I'm the real Heartstings, all the other Lyra's are changelings imitating, so will the real Lyra Heartstrings please stand up, please stand up, please stand up?
* The [[Jerkass]] ponies in "Putting Your Hoof Down" may have been Changelings all along!
* There is no proof that mook changelings can also mimic voices
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== Minotaurs are half Human! ==
When I first saw the character Iron Will, I noticed he was bipedal but didn't really think much of it, and just assumed he was a bull. However, the characters specifically refer to him as a Minotaur. Minotaurs are by definition half bull, and half Human. Iron Will therefore implies the existence of Human beings in the Equestrian world. I suppose it's possible that in their world a Minotaur is simply a humanoid bull and that they could still have no knowledge of Humanity. But Griffons exist, and Rainbow Dash clearly defines a Griffon as being half eagle and half lion. Since Griffons remain true to their mythological roots, then why not Minotaurs?
* Then that means the reason they called him a monster is because he's [[Did You Just Romance Cthulhu?|half]] [[Humans Are Cthulhu|human]]
* If Iron Will is half Human, his father might have been [[Dexter|Jordan Chase]].
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