The most sensitive areas are around the eyes, ears and nose. Consequently, touch is the donkey's most important sense for responding to cues of their handler. They have a well-developed sense of touch. Donkeys use their sense of smell to determine if something is life-threatening or friendly, to locate food, and to identify each other, as well as to identify humans. However, it is generally agreed that it is somewhat well developed. There is not much known about donkeys' sense of smell. A donkey's long ears have an excellent blood supply, which is a desert adaptation for cooling the body. Their hearing is acute and the ears can move independently to locate the source or general direction of sounds. There is a blind spot directly in front of the donkey and one directly behind. They have both monocular and binocular vision, which allows them to see two fields of vision at once (monocular) or to focus on the same thing with both eyes at the same time (binocular). The hair coat is shed out much later in the summer than that of the horse and serves to protect the donkey from the weather and flies.ĭonkeys' eyes are at the sides of their heads, giving them a wide field of vision. The hair ranges from flat, to curly, to long and shaggy, and in texture from smooth to wiry. They have an erect mane and lack the forelock (bangs) and prominent withers (the highest part of the back at the base of the neck) of a horse. Donkeys differ from horses in shape and are characterized by their large head, long ears and cow-like tail.
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