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Show Why Horse Sleep Standing. ll is sometimes indued -is u rcavon why horses steep utiiiitllns ilmi chey have an ucute. Instinctive fritr of mice and Inserts. However, thin nriimont is not conrliulvu. When lur.ii,1 nut to pasture, Iioi-hos uru upi to opcad more, time lying iloun, but even ut that they seldom spend more limn nn hour at night recumbent. Thnt hour Is generally tnlcen ut midnight. It is not uncommon for people to ex. pres wonder, at the quiet wuy iiuiiiy hordes will stand still, practically motionless mo-tionless for hours in 'one position. Tho.'r weight Is generally ou tiireo legs, while the fourth Is resting i'ew peoplo realize hww complLte Is the reliucntlon obtiilncd, and to wlmi extent ex-tent a horse In nblo to hmi In n few hours of such reiose. Stnhle men declare some horses have never slept. f except on their feet. In their lives. |