Los Gatolinos and Maxine

Monday, February 25, 2008

Resting After a Hard Day

Koof is passed out under the heat lamp and Felix is laying long across my outstretched legs!

Jimmy and I just read the other night that cats are the mammal that sleeps the most over the course of the day. They sleep approximately 13 - 16 hours a day, that's almost twice as much as most humans get!

One website states, "Like humans, cats go through both Rapid Eye Movement (REM) and non-REM sleep. Although no one can actually ask a cat, the assumption is that your cat dreams during REM sleep. You may notice his whiskers twitch or his eye moving behind his eyelids. The deep non-REM sleep is when the cat's body grows and repairs itself."

Looking at Lulu here definitely convinces me of the important luxury of a cat nap every now and then!

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