Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for March 08, 2013

Nice one, Phoebe!

I’m feeling better about myself also.

What happened to the Puuurrrr? It’s more fun when you play back a recording Phoebe!

Why wasn’t Phoebe recording this with her phone?

They can, but if they feel secure, they like to lie down to sleep. When my old boy, Teddy, was two, he’d come in from all-night turnout and lie flat out in his stall, mouth open and snoring.

Sometimes I’ll look out and see one horse standing and four horses flat out in the sunshine. We jokingly call it a horse ‘massacre’. Always one standing guard.

I once knew a filly who ‘horse-talked’ in her sleep.

If Marigold is snoring then she IS doing it elegantly. I have a Chihuahua who snores louder than I do. I have to poke her to make her stop. Wife snores but she wouldn’t admit it. Blames it on the dog.

I totally needed an LOL this morning, and this provided it. Thanks, Dana! Awesome strip, as usual.

I see.

Don’t equines keep standing on all fours?

Horses do better if they can lay down and sleep flat for ~4 hours a day. If they have a soft, reasonably dry area, they will sleep flat-out.

They especially like deep sandy areas to roll in (much to my dismay when it’s time to clean them for riding).

Horses have a “stay apparatus” that allows them to lock their leg joints in the standing position. In this way, they can nap standing up, but run away at the first sign of danger.

Non, no no, Marigold its not “SNRRF” Its “SMURF” Make an “M” sound next time and people will think you only TALK in your sleep.

I don’t like saying LOL, but LOL.

I’d like to commission a comic of God talking to Eve (both with big heads, Eve hands on her hips): “Your kids will also inherit big heads to accomodate all that new knowledge. That is what childbirth has to do with anything!”

eliminate the “also” of former caption :)

Well maybey she said “Snarf” The Unicorn from Thundara.

Horses have to lie down to sleep in order to dream – and like all mammals (except dolphins and platypi) they have to dream. An anxious horse will be reluctant to lie down, hence they will get more stressed as the lack of dreamtime builds up. They only need a short period of dream sleep, which is why the rest of the time they sleep standing up with the aforementioned locked legs. But they do snore: sometimes VERY loudly, and my old mare, when sedated, sounded like Darth Vader with a heavy cold.

I guess Marigold snores worse than Phoebe! :P