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An endangered wild Asian horse foal is thriving thanks to an unlikely hero. Marat, a Przewalski’s horse, fell critically ill soon after his birth at the Minnesota Zoo nearly two months ago.

Zoo staffers picked the name Marat because it means “one who is brave,” and he's had to be brave from such a young age Przewalski's are considered the only remaining truly wild horse species. They ...

Przewalski's are considered the only remaining truly wild horse species. They were declared extinct in the wild in the 1960s, with just a few surviving in zoos.

But he is also a little more wild than you would expect a domestic horse foal to be at this point in his life. And he is trying to show me that he’s the boss, he’s in charge, he’s dominant.