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Horsetails are poisonous to animals in larger quantities. Horses and pigs are especially sensitive to horsetails. Consumption of large amounts causes intoxication of animals and muscle inertia. There is a paralysis of the central nervous system and pathological changes in internal organs. The share of horsetails in hay significantly reduces the milk yield of cows. In the fossil material, it was not found that ''horsetails'' was commonly eaten by herbivores. However Equisetum and its relatives may have been an important component in the diet of sauropod dinosaurs (Hummel et al. 2008; Pickrell 2019) ...

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