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shannonsketches · 1 year ago

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Interesting fact about Ganondorf’s horse in OoT and the Era of the Wilds (because I am a horse nerd)

Though very rare, it is possible for a horse that looks like this to occur in real life!

This is due to a gene that is only able to be seen on horses with a black base (including bays) known as the silver gene! This gene isn't particularly rare, but usually, it produces a silver or white color to the mane and tail, but it has been known to turn the mane and tail blonde, and very rarely it will make them red.

Aah yes!! I did not know what that gene was called, but iirc Epona's design, too, is based on that mutation!

You could argue it's why Ingo was so keen on gifting her to Ganondorf, if her mutation was similar enough to Gerudo horses to breed them!

#get a shiny gerudo stallion #i do like that the gossip stones specify that his is a solid black gerudo stallion #which could also imply that Epona -- too -- is a Gerudo mare #I'm super biased but this all really only feeds my 'Malon's mom was a Gerudo' headcanons lol #they're so close to the border -- the gerudo are the only people in OoT who do horse-based sports -- it's a theory I enjoy a lot #and thanks to wilds era we know there are light-skinned Gerudo too #although that will not keep me from drawing malon with darker skin because even if she's not gerudo she's country #and country girls tan

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