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they can lay down as long as they want but it takes more energy to lay down then to stand up. Don't get scared if they look dead or sick more than likely there just resting.
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∙ 11y agostanding up or laying down. all horses get about 8 hours of sleep a day and each time a horse falls asleep it will wake up within 10-30 minutes.
^ Horses can sleep both standing up and lying down. They are able to doze and enter light sleep while standing. Horses are able to sleep standing up because a "stay apparatus" in their legs allows them to relax their muscles and doze without collapsing. Horses do not need a solid, unbroken period of sleep time. They obtain needed sleep by means of many short periods of rest. Horses require approximately two and a half hours of sleep, on average, in a 24-hour period. Most of this sleep occurs in many short intervals of about 15 minutes each.
Horses will doze standing up, but for some deep sleep for a couple of hours, they will lay down recumbent on their chests or lay out flat on their sides.
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∙ 14y agoHorse's sleep requirements are much different than humans. Horses can doze standing up and spend an hour or two each day with 'on the ground sleep'. But if they are completely deprived of sleep they would start to feel the effects after 2 or 3 days. Of course, the longer the time without sleep, the worse the effects will be. One study done in the 1950's a man was deprived of sleep for months. It seriously impaired him mentally. Once he was allowed to sleep again he remained impaired for the rest of his life. They did no more sleep studies of the sort.
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∙ 9y agoAdult horses sleep for about four hours a day on average. However, they do not sleep for long periods of time like humans. They take a number of shorts naps which add up to about four hours.
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∙ 12y agoThey sleep in the ocean at the bottom and no body knows that except me.........
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∙ 12y agoHorse can sleep they are sleeping with their eyes open. You can't see them sleeping because they sleep in midnight.
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∙ 13y ago3 hours a day. They don't need much sleep.
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∙ 12y agoChopped times like humans we wake up at different times.
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Do horses lay down to sleep?
No, they don't.
Do horses lay down when they sleep?
No. Mature horses sleep standing up.
How do mustang horses sleep?
mustangs sleep standing up and they lay down for about an hour as long as there is some protection if there is no protection they will not sleep.
Do horses stand up there whole life?
no they role and when they sleep they lay down
Why does a horses legs shake when going to lay down?
because they strain there weight
Does a horse sleep standing up?
The majority of horses sleep standing up but yes sometimes horses do sleep lying down.
Horses lying down?
yes horses do lie down if fact although it take more muscles for them to lay rather than to stand
Is is dangerous for a horse to lay on its side for a long time?
this depends on what your definition is of a 'long time'. Horses must sleep laying down to get full REM sleep, but this only lasts for a few minutes. Some horses also like to lay on their sides in the sun to rest. However if a horse has been down for an hour or more, or is extremely still while laying down it would be best to check the horse and call a equine veterinarian.
How long does a seahorse egg take to hatch?
Horses cannot swin and do not lay eggs.
How long you need to lay down in the bed after intercource to get pregnant?
You don't have to lay down after intercourse to get pregnant.
Will it hurt a horse to lay down for a long time?
It is not good for a horse to lay down because people think that the circulation of the blood stops flowing through their legs, and they may lay down if they hurt something. From Horsense4u.com: Horses often lay down with no complications. They will lie on their side, then on the other side and often on their chest. Many will lay down to sleep. A relaxed horse will lay down and enjoy the warmth of the earth and from the sunshine
Does a giraffe lay down?
Giraffes do lay down, but if they lie down for too long they will die because their organs will be crushed by their massive weight.
