Show WHY horses can sleep while in ia au an erect position hordes hae the power of stepping sleeping abile standing their legs are provided with muscular mechanisms which cause them to lock and perm permit 1 t he animals to rest somewhat t as if 1 f hey were acre standing oo on stilts while i horse herse Is unconscious there Is no orect brain control over aboe those muscles in the legs back and chest cheat which re essential for the maintenance of in erect posture the control depends n the reflex actions of the spinal ord says pathfinder magazine this phenomenon Is similar to that nf f a bird sleeping on a swaying limb A reflex balance to s maintained when Is in abeyance horses leeping while standing occasionally rall fait down domn more often certain mus mile vies los in the forelegs fore legs relax suddenly ind the animals knuckle over ever onto the fetlocks fet locks and then immediately entell batch them themselves gilves horses go sometimes for months without ever lying down it Is astonishing how little sleep they require this Is also true of other including elephants an indian ele pliant will feed for eighteen or twenty hours and then sleep only one or tw |