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Originally, eight horses had been scheduled to travel, said Mašek, but one horse sat down before the flight from Prague and had to be unloaded and returned to P
by erikig 2y ago
Originally, eight horses had been scheduled to travel, said Mašek, but one horse sat down before the flight from Prague and had to be unloaded and returned to Prague zoo... These horses have to stand for the entire journey – they can’t sit down.
30 hours on their feet on a flight seems almost unbelievable, I can understand why #8 wanted to take a seat at the beginning.
- seabass-labrax 2y agoFor a horse, that's not so unpleasant in itself - their legs are able to 'lock' in place. Some horses will voluntarily choose to be on their feet for that amount of time anyway (not that I've watched any individual for long enough to personally vouch for this!) and are able to sleep standing up too. This is common to all equids, these Przewalski's horses included. Being stuck in a shipping container with no view for 30 hours though, that's another thing entirely... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stay_apparatus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stay_apparatus
- stainablesteel 2y agohorses tend to sleep standing up, their legs are made for it
- RoyalHenOil 2y agoHorses mostly stand and occasionally lie down, but they do not naturally sit. If a horse sits (except very briefly in the transition between lying and standing), it can indicate that something is physically wrong with it.