Muhamed (horse)

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Muhamed was an Arabian horse that was reportedly able to read, spell, and mentally extract the cube roots of numbers, which he would tap out with his hooves. Raised in Elberfeld, Germany by Karl Krall in the early 20th century, he was one of several supposedly gifted horses, the others being Clever Hans, Zarif, Amasis, and later Berto, a blind stallion. While all the horses raised by Krall could demonstrate an apparent ability to read and do basic arithmetic, Muhamed could seemingly perform complicated calculations. When tested by psychologists and scientists, a number was written on a blackboard, and Muhamed was asked to extract the cube root. His left hoof represented the tens, while his right hoof represented the ones, so that in order to give the answer sixty-five, he would tap six times with his left hoof and five times with his right. This method of tapping was also used to demonstrate the horse's spelling, although according to reports, they did not correctly handle German orthography...

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