HOW ANIMALS SLEEP.
Elephants always sleep standing up, and horses usually do the same. The Sofeh, which lives in South America, eeps hanging by its feet, with its head tucked in between its forelegs. • Bats also sleep hanging by their hind legs, while head downward. Hares, fishes and snakes sleej) with their eyes wide open. Foxes and wolves when they sleep curl themselves up so that their noses and the soles of their feet are close together. Dogs often sleep in this way too. At other times fchey fling themselves down on their sides or lie with their noses resting on their front paws. Birds, with the exception of cwls, sleep with the head turned tailwards over the back and the beak snugly tucked in amongst the feathers. Long-iegged birds, such as storks and gulls, usually sleep standing on °ne leg. Owls sleep in the day time, f ' -addition to their eyelids, they ave a screen, which they draw sidelight ac^ ss eyes to shut out the sleeps on Hs back! 6 CreatUr ° that
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19270611.2.277.6.5
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 136, 11 June 1927, Page 2 (Supplement)
Word Count
174HOW ANIMALS SLEEP. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 136, 11 June 1927, Page 2 (Supplement)
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.