BodAlmighty t1_ja6z9by wrote on February 27, 2023 at 8:28 AM

Reply to comment by raize308 in Cats spend the majority of their lives in their dreams rather than in real life due to them sleeping ~16 hours a day by raize308

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! 😀

BodAlmighty t1_ja5b596 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 11:16 PM

Reply to Cats spend the majority of their lives in their dreams rather than in real life due to them sleeping ~16 hours a day by raize308

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.