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Actually, while horses can doze on their feet, in order to enter REM sleep, they MUST lie down. Otherwise they will become sleep deprived. Horses don't require nearly as much sleep as humans, but they DO have to have REM sleep.
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Horse behavior - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Horse behavior is best understood from the perspective that horses are prey animals with a well-developed fight-or-flight instinct. Their first response to a threat is to flee, although they are know...
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How do horses sleep? — Todd of Whitwell, TN ... Horses are different because they are flight animals. No, that doesn't mean they have wings. It means they have to be ready to runaway ... Of course, the horse can sleep lying down if it so chooses, but God has designed this magnificent animal to get forty winks on four legs...
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Most horse owners know their equine companions can't lie down for long, but exactly why that is remains a mystery ... Horses with neurological diseases are occasionally referred to the teaching hospital for intensive care. In some of these cases, the animal cannot stand. "With neurological cases where the patient is down,
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Most of you with horses know that horses are capable of sleeping standing up because of a stay apparatus in their rear legs. However, they can only go into what’s called slow wave sleep while standing. Horses must lie down, preferably on their sides, to achieve paradoxical sleep.
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Horses are capable of sleeping standing up because of a stay apparatus in their rear legs. However, they can only go into what’s called slow wave sleep while standing. Horses must lie down, preferably on their sides, to achieve paradoxical sleep.
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Horses can lock their legs and doze, but they must lie down for their essential 'deep sleep' period (in the wild and in pasture, horses lie down approximately three hours for every twenty-four). As for exercise, the guidelines leave that up to the discretion of the farm manager or farm employees.
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Although a lot of horses lie down (mine included) it should be noted that if they lie down for too long then fluid can build up in their lungs and cause complications if the animal is already ill. Their sheer weight is just to much.
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Down Time; Even though they're able to snooze standing, horses apparently need to lie down for rest and sleep at least some of the time. In fact, scientists think horses must lie down to go into deep stages of sleep.
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