HOW ANIMALS SLEEP.

Otaki Mail, 20 August 1923, Page 3

HOW ANIMALS SLEEP.

Wiia horses ami horses running -trass spend a good deal 01 their tune hi icing duwn. but o; horses Kept ill stables, especially i: they are up. nvo in live entirely reluse to lldow 11, and live always on Uiw: lee:. Yet a horse can swop quite ooin--I'■ ii!v in a. standing position. I> von watch u, doing so you will notice that it rests one leg at u tune, depending upon the other three to sustain tilt- weight ol it* body. In this respect, the elephant resembles die horse. An eiepiraJit wild lit th,. jungle usually in s down to sleep, Put aii elephans in captivity sleeps suiuding up. The rhinoceros, too, can sleep in a -landing position, although in a wild state it generally lies down to do so. A woll or a iox sleeps curled U P> its nose tucked in close to the sono o: its ieift and blanketed by !; s }*Us;ii> tail, 1: yeu watch your dug ye-u will notice that, when ve-ry tired, sins i> { die way in which lie sie- ps, r**t ’-m the other hand, if just teit*ng o ■"« 1 r%.. often iie» snaiglit om- w n ! ifis nose he iWO, ,-i iih- lure I JaV : ’■ i -on,, time- iUn on bo side, with an . -or jogs >1 retched cels. , Ail birds sleep standing rnd'giUK on I on e le" mtlv. Alums: ail buds th®°i -wu. * le *P Wld ! ! hei , r head turned ever the naelv, aJ ? d ii ?f;' ak • i ... , ,in.mg the matheis i.-..-.e.-,. U m vin- and body. Owls simply ,p-.-,o their heads between ihwr sh Wilders‘and =e.:u to shrink up into & gred; ha!! of huh. , . The way n, v:hi L : sleeping r«rd , preserves its balance ;.••• don a i ciender twig n explained by trie curi- ' aas c>: struct 1 on j\ ii> legs end tee,. its ctuica, upon the twig is absolutely automatic.