Watch: Dramatic horse pretends to be dead whenever people try to ride him [video]

Ever since Frasisco Zalasar uploaded a video of a horse playing dead whenever people try to ride him on Facebook, social media users just can’t get enough of the lazy and dramatic horse.

The video, initially compiled by the Kritter Klub, was uploaded on 4 October 2019 and quickly clocked in over 23 million views on Facebook alone.

In the clip, a horse named Jingang seemingly has greater ambitions than being a mere steed.

The horse doesn’t seem to appreciate being ridden by others as a horse should. Instead, it goes out of its way to avoid doing its job, reports BoredPanda. Jingang the horse pretends to be ‘dead’ in an overly-theatrical way. It’s silly and quite funny.

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In the video one man say the horse’s antics is ‘cute but naughty’. Various people are seen trying to get on the horse, but it clearly does not work.

What’s more, once there’s no one around, the horse gets up.

Watch: Jingang the horse pretends to be dead whenever people try to ride him

Random, amazing and bizarre facts about horses

• According to Double D’Trailers, you can generally tell the difference between male and female horses by their number of teeth: males have 40 while females have 36.
• Horses can run within hours after birth.
• Horses have 16 muscles in each ear, allowing them to rotate their ears 180 degrees.
• Horses like sweet flavors and will usually reject anything sour or bitter. 
• They use their ears, eyes and nostrils to express their mood.
• They also communicate their feelings through facial expressions.
• When a horse is ‘laughing,’ the animal is actually doing a nose-enhancing technique called ‘flehmen’.
• Horse hooves are made from the same protein that comprises human hair and fingernails.
• At one time people thought horses were colorblind. They’re not, though they are better at seeing yellows and greens than purples and violets.