#DYK giraffe do not require much sleep? Giraffe generally sleep between 20 minutes and 2 hours a day in short spurts. The reason for the short spurt power napping is because they have to watch for predators in the wild. They can sleep laying down or standing up; however you rarely find giraffe laying down in the wild. Sleeping while laying down makes them extremely vulnerable to predation and laying down/getting up is a slow process. Forrest (in front) and Chui (laying down in back) are comforta