How do Horses Sleep? Standing Up or Lying Down?

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That's Why Horses Can Sleep Standing Up but You Can't

Among the curiosities of animals that sleep standing up, such as horses, it is worth mentioning that they do so because they are prey animals, that is to say, that throughout their evolution they have had to survive multiple predators. Sleeping is a state where the animal is defenseless and completely unprotected.

Horses have two and four sleep cycles, which they can do while still without being disturbed. Thanks to the passive static apparatus of these mammals, they are able to sleep standing up after releasing all their body weight on their hind legs.

Despite this, standing horses can sleep, but they cannot dream. To dream you must be lying down or lying down, so that your sleep is not interrupted by anything and you can enjoy deep relaxation. Horses sleep standing up as a survival reflex and will only fall asleep if they feel completely safe.

The horse can sleep standing up without falling thanks to its passive static apparatus, which allows the animal to lock the patella in the femoral trochlea and thus automatically lock the hock.

Since mammals are traditionally easy prey for other predatory animals, sleeping upright helps them have an immediate reflex in case of threat.

Learn more by watching the following video!

Enjoy This Video Tutorial About Horses

Source: BRIGHT SIDE 

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