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weirdgroovynerd t1_ja37e08 wrote

Now I wonder if they're wandering through 8 other dimensions while they slumber, hence the theory that cats have 9 lives.

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thank_me_its_friday t1_ja4li7m wrote

I don't think so, considering we actually just spend a short time dreaming when we are asleep

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aamidas t1_ja4vcgp wrote

Just because you don’t remember the dream it doesn’t mean you’re not dreaming. What you do remember you’re actually not supposed to.

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raize308 OP t1_ja4vw1r wrote

Cats actually take 25 minutes instead of 90 to enter REM sleep but yeah it's probably not the majority

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BodAlmighty t1_ja5b596 wrote

But cats don't have the concept of a 24hr day as that's a Human construct... A 'day' to us could be a 'month' to a cat, only half the month is dark (night)... So to Humans, sleeping 16hrs looks 'Lazy' but time is passing quicker for us.

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raize308 OP t1_ja6qsak wrote

Don't all animals have an internal clock consisting of 24 hours? I feel like that'd be true if they slept for entire days but idk

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BodAlmighty t1_ja6z9by wrote

I wouldn't think so, we humans came up with the hour, minute, second etc.

Plus, with the average lifespan of cats/dogs and that - even larger cats for instance being much shorter than ours, they reach 'adulthood' after around a year so their metabolism affects their passage of time... (like how we say "He's 7 in dog years")

A tortoise or a parrot can live for over 200 years on average so our 'year' may only feel like two months to them... And of course some animals do sleep for entire days through their lifespan, Bears, Hedgehogs etc hibernate through the winter, and Cicadas 'sleep' for 17 years so imagine a 'day' for them! 😀

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raize308 OP t1_ja71ahj wrote

Yeye but we humans do have the circadian rhythm which is also the reason why we can wake up at almost exactly the same time every day given we have a regular sleep schedule

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