We humans sleep regularly and same do the animals. Actually, sleep is a behavioral and physiological process in us and that’s completely similar with the animals. Sleep is an essential thing in our life and we know that very well. It is mainly characterized by reversible unconsciousness, non-responsiveness to external stimuli and motor passivity. May be previous words sound quiet difficult to some people but the actual thing is that no animals can live without their proper sleep. But have you ever thought that this naptime of animals looks so cute. Yes, if you see that minutely you can get what we are saying about. Actually, animals are so innocent that they also look innocent while sleeping.

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In a research, it has been found that rats die within a few couple of weeks if they are kept away from sleeping. Though the exact reason is unknown till now. Just think have you had enough sleep this week? If yes then it’s ok but if it’s not, you will start feeling something unusual in your body. So from that you can just get an idea about what sleep is actually to us. Here you will find a beautiful collection of cute pictures of pets nap time.

Actually, an adult human needs 8 hours of sleep regularly at night to keep the brains functioning rightly. But a bat needs about 20 hours of sleep a day. Again, you know about Giraffes, they snooze for about two hours a day. Again, there are some animals who do not sleep at all. But the most amazing thing is that there is a great variety of sleep in the animal kingdom. This has been a great subject of research among the scientists from a very long time. So let us know something more in details.

Do you know that whale species sleep with only half of their brain at a time, while keeping the other half active? Again, some migrating birds can adjust their sleep according to the season. Again, it has been also found that carnivores spend a lot of time sleeping than those herbivores. Most of the mammal infants spend their first few weeks sleeping much of their time. But the dolphins do not sleep at all during their first few months. This proves that sleep is important for cognitive function for some species.

Now let’s know about some ways of sleeping among the animals. Sea otters often sleep with holding each other’s hand so that they don’t drift away from each other while sleeping. Giraffes can go without sleep for a week. They are very slow animals, hence they are more vulnerable to attacks from the predators, and hence they can’t sleep for a long time. Cows like to sleep close to their families. Horses, Zebras and Elephants can sleep standing up because they are prey animals and needs to be alert in case they are attacked. So just, see the amount of variety among the animals.

So as we are very much fond of sleeping, when we see others sleeping in a great comfort that also gives us great feelings. Here you have seen some cute pets nap time pictures that are so beautiful that hardly you can avoid them. Seeing the pets sleeping with a lot of comfort is really something great. Check out the other beautiful articles regarding pet photography that will also give some great information and beautiful sensation of love towards the animals. Have a nice time with animals and spend time knowing about the animals. That’s something lovely. Goodbye.