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The Sleep Habits of Your Favorite Animals [Infographic]

On average, cats sleep 13 to 14 hours a day, and do most of their hunting during the night.

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For humans, sleep is just as essential to our well-being as getting the right amount of food and water each day.

Aside of the odd sleepwalker, we all tend to get our 40 winks pretty similarly, aiming for the recommended 8 hours per night.

However, we’re one of the only creatures on planet Earth to do so.

When you begin to take a look at sleeping habits across the animal kingdom, you start to see just how diverse it is!

A new infographic, created by sleepypeople.com, presents lots of weird and wonderful sleeping habits of animals, from a house cats to giraffes.

Check out the sleeping habits of your favorite animals below!

Everything You Need To Know About The Sleep Habits of Your Favorite Animals

The Sleep Habits Of Your Favorite Animals Infographic

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