Why do horses often sleep?

The talent of the horse is well known because the horse has a long, slender, four-legged body. But horses have characteristics unlike those of other animals, which is like sleeping at night . At night, no matter when he visits him, he always stands and closes his eyes to sleep.

The horse is standing and walking is according to the behavior of wild horses. Wild horses live in vast steppe areas and deserts. In ancient times, horses were both the object of human hunting, and were delicious dishes of predators like wolves. Unlike horses, cows and goats can use horns to fight enemies, only one way, can only rely on running fast to flee enemies. But the carnivorous animals like wolves . feed at night, they hide in the grasses and caves during the day to rest, at night to go out to feed. Wild horses to quickly flee enemies, at night do not dare to sleep peacefully without worry. Even during the day, the horse had to stand up to maintain a high alert, guard against uncertainty. Horses do not have to be hunted by humans and enemies like wild horses, but they are due to domesticated wild horses. But the wild horse's sleeping behavior is still preserved.

Among the animals, apart from horses, donkeys also have a sleeping habit because of the ancestors' living environment, which closely resembles wild horses.