Cart mules drinking from a fountain, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ~1930?

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bebedouro_para_cavalos_-_Porto_Alegre_1930.jpg

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schmorpel@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 100d (8 replies)

Mules, not horses

acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 100d (2 replies)

For my edification, how do you tell them apart?

schmorpel@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 100d (1 reply)

Slightly longer ears. Dark faces with a light nose. Most brown or black horses tend to have brown or black noses - only donkeys, mules and some primitive horse breeds have the lighter nose. Can't see their tails, but they would be slightly thinner than a horse's.

acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 100d

Cool, thank you!

schmorpel@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 100d

Hmm I wonder if the names written on top are the names of the animals?

PugJesus@piefed.social · 1 pts · 100d (3 replies)

I would have guessed so myself, but the source says horses via Google Translate, and I'm generally hesitant to contradict sources on subjects I know very little about.

PixTupy@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 100d (2 replies)

I'm Portuguese, I'll help. The title says horse water trough. It's not referring to the animals depicted

PugJesus@piefed.social · 3 pts · 100d

I'll change the title, then!

schmorpel@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 100d

Yes, 'bebedouro' means water trough. I think it all means 'Water trough, cross road Rua Cel. Bordini with Rua Cristovão Colombo' - I now realize it's street names probably.