Can a flex app play animated gif?

I embedded a simple animated gif file in an image component
but it was eventaually presented a static image only. The mxml code
looks like
<mx:Image id="image1" source="@Embed('running_horse.gif')"
x="209" y="260"/>
The gif file itself was working fine in its own right and but
it stops animating when it is viewed within the swf generated. The
final html presents the first frame of the gif file only. Any help
on this appreciated.
A novice flex user

I believe the answer is no. At least, animated gifs do not
work for me. I can't recall anything in the docs about this though.
Tracy

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>
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Not bitmaps. Externally loaded images that get converted to
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