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Muhamed was a German horse reportedly able to mentally extract the cube roots of numbers, which he would then tap out with his hooves. Raised in the town of Elberfeld by Karl Krall in the late 19th and early twentieth centuries, he was one of several supposedly gifted horses, the others being Kluge Hans, Zarif, Amassis, and later Bento, a blind stallion. Muhamed, the most gifted of the animals, could also allegedly perform music and even distinguish between harmony and discord.[1] While all the horses raised by Krall could demonstrate an apparent ability to read and do basic arithmetic, Muhamed could seemingly perform complicated calculations. When tested by psychologists and scientists, a number was written on a blackboard, and Muhamed was asked to extract the cube root. His left foot represented the tens, while his right foot represented the ones, so that in order to give the answer sixty-five, he would tap six times with his left foot and five times with his right. This method of ta

Muhamed (horse) - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Performing horse (died 1915) Muhamed Muhamed in 1910 Breed Arabian horse Sex Stallion Died 1916 Nationality Germany Known for Reputed ability to read and do simple math Owner Karl Krall Karl Krall with Zarif and Muhamed, 1908 Muhamed was an Arabian horse that was reportedly able to read, spell, and mentally extract the cube roots of numbers, which he would tap out with his hooves . Raised in Elberfeld , Germany by Karl Krall in the early 20th century, he was one of several supposedly gifted horses, the others bei

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