As horses are prey animals, they don't like sleeping on the ground., If a predator approaches a sleeping horse while it's lying down, the horse may not be able to get up fast enough to escape., Although they have specialised legs, a horse can lock its knees and fall asleep standing up - without falling over!, A horse's fear of predators also leads it to do most of its sleeping during the day..

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