10 Animals That Don't Sleep the Same as Me and You

Zee Media Bureau
Dec 15, 2023

Koala Bears

Hang Out And Sleep: A koala bear's large buttocks allow it to stow up on a tree's forked limb. It can sleep in this jammed position without worrying about falling thanks to its large claws.

Sharks

Sleep Soundly: With its back to the current, the shark faces it. As a result, it is able to relax as the water keeps flowing over its gills, giving it oxygen.

Parrotfish

Sleep In A Cocoon: This fish has the ability to form a transparent mucus cocoon that encircles its entire body. Within the cocoon, the fish has breathing room.

Horses

Sleep On Their Feet: For brief periods of time, horses can stand and lock their legs to sleep.

Bats

Hang Around To Sleep: Bats sleep by hanging upside down by their clawed feet. They could dangle from a space under a house's eaves, hang from a tree branch, or hang from a cave's ceiling.

Sloths

Sleep In Comfort: Hanging upside down on a tree branch, sloths slumber. They can securely hang themselves from a limb thanks to their long claws.

Flamingos

Sleep On One Leg: Flamingos stand on one leg and snooze! These birds insert their beak into the feathers on their back by bending their lengthy necks.

Ducks

Working Together To Snooze: Ducks line up in a row along the edge of a lake, pond, or other body of water to sleep

Dolphin

Sleeping While Afloat: When dolphins sleep, they close only one eye: the left eye closes when the brain's right side sleeps, and vice versa.

Meerkats

Sleeping In A Heap: These little creatures sleep by stacking on top of one other.

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