Why Do Horses wear Shoes? with Clover Stroud. What Noise Does a Zebra Make? Can Animals Catch a Cold?

This week on the podcast we find out about horses and their shoes, zebras and their noises and sneezing animals!  Our first question is from Isabel, she would like to know, what noise does a zebra make? Have a listen to zebras bark, bray, nicker and snort, all the sounds they make depending on what they're up to. Next we hear from Ted who would like to know Why do horses wear shoes? Hear the answer from Clover Stroud, a brilliant writer who loves horses and horse riding and knows all about horses and why they wear shoes. Plus what it's called when they don't wear shoes! Find out how to win a copy of Clover's brilliant new book for your MUM, Godmum or any grown up woman in your life who would like to read about being a mother. My Wild And Sleepless Nights is all about what its like to be a MUM, Clover has FIVE children so she knows everything there is to know about it all. It’s not a book for children it’s one for MUMS! And you can win a copy for yours by entering the competition on the show. Our third question is also about animals and it’s for anyone listening right now that has a cold! It's from Ivy and her question is can animals catch a cold? Find out about horse and dog colds as well as how scientists use drones to find out more about whale flu. That's our three questions! I’ll be back next week answering more questions from children around the world in another episode of EUTS. Do send in your questions, there’s info about how to do that on the show’s website, everythingunderthesun.co.uk. If you'd like to send in a question just record it saying your name, your age, a bit about yourself and then ask your question! Do this with the help of an adult using their smartphone voice recording app and send it into me at molly@everythingunderthesun.co.uk If you like the show people do rate, review and subscribe and tell all your friends to do the same, it really does help! I hope you have a lovely week, thank you and GOODBYE! X Website for everything under the sun - www.everythingunderthesun.co.uk Twitter: @mollyoldfield Insta: @mollyoldfieldwrites Clover Stroud - http://www.cloverstroud.com Insta: @clover.stroud For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Children are full of curiosity and questions about the world. Each Friday, join Molly Oldfield, write of the weekly kids quiz in the Guardian each Saturday, the original QI elf and author and host of Everything Under The Sun (both the book and podcast) as she answers questions sent in by children around the world with the help of experts including Neil Gaiman, Heston Blumenthal, Grayson Perry, Lauren Child, Richard Branson and Sophie Dahl to the fish curators at the Natural History Museum. If you're a kid - big or small - with questions you want answered or if you want to learn interesting facts about life on earth, this is the award winning podcast for you. Do check out Everything Under The Sun - a curious question for every day of the year, published by Ladybird books now!