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All probably heard sayings like, "sleeps like a war horse", which hinted that horses sleep standing up. Yes, and we've seen sleeping standing horses



So it turns out, all the horses sleep standing up?



Horses and sleep a little loosely. At the slightest rustle of an animal awakened in time to escape. Therefore, a great advantage for them - to sleep standing up. First of all, as a rest old or sick horses, because they are difficult to climb.



Horses younger sleep mostly lying. However, one group of animals never sleep at the same time.



At least one of them shall stand and watch in case of danger alerts the others. First, raise the front part of the horse's body, and then suddenly jump, throwing back



The horse can really relax standing thanks to the unique "locking" mechanism of the knee joint, which allows it to remain on his feet for a very long time and at the same time relax the muscles.



During sleep standing horse even dreaming (rapid phase of sleep), but to relax and release tension from the muscles, the horse is required to bear.



The main thing - safety!



Full security - the main condition for the horse to sleep. But the perception of security in her and her owner may not always coincide.



Man believes that the horse is in a closed stall completely protected, and the animal in the confined space often can not get rid of the feeling of isolation from the other horses, and restrictions on freedom, and that of a horse's understanding, is fraught with danger. This is probably because the horse in the stable, remaining alone with him, she takes on the responsibilities of both the guard and responsibility for their lives.



Best dream - to "side»



Still standing holiday for a horse - an imitation of sleep. The peace and security of it, like humans, prefer to state with eyes closed Rest "on the side", one might even say, "rejecting the hoof." And scientists believe that in order to enter into a deep sleep phase, it is imperative to go to the horse. Like humans and many other animals, horses, there are two phases of sleep: slow-wave sleep phase and the phase of rapid eye movement (deep sleep). In most cases, REM sleep is when the horse lies down on his side than if it lies on the chest.



How much do they sleep?

It is believed that the common man should daily average of eight hours of sleep. A horse is performed for the period of about four to fifteen hours of their time in a standing position, and only a few minutes to several hours - in the supine position. Only a portion of that time, the horse really sleep and rest of the time - a brief nap, lasting a few minutes each. Total sleep time adult horse is between a few minutes to a few hours per day.



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When people are asleep, they happen, dreaming. Probably in horses the same thing happens. If you watch through closed eyelids of these animals much eye movement up and down, and the horse's legs move in a dream, too, as if run trot



From small children had to hear the question of whether the horse sore head, but who no doubt for himself answer it? And that if they see a horse dreams, we can only make assumptions. Perhaps they see. Not for nothing that people have created, even poetic image of a sleeping horse - the image of a bright, beautiful and unattainable. When the thought of him, immediately comes to mind mysterious white horse from the movie "Hedgehog in the Fog", which ends with a question: "How is there a horse?».
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