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Sleep Researcher Lets Her 5 Cats Choose Her Sleeping LocationsCats can apparently sleep anywhere, but have certain preferred locations. And they sleep a lot. Cats typically sleep 12-16 hours a day. Do they know something that we humans don’t?Yuri Nakahashi, a doctoral student at Hosei University, decided to find out. Spoon & Tamago reports on her work. She has five cats and speculated that they chose sleeping locations for optimal conditions of mood, light, warmth, and coziness. For 24 nights, she imitated their sleeping locations and measured her sleep with a FitBit.Quantitively, there was no significant difference in the sleep acquired. But, more personally, Nakahashi reported feeling excited about not knowing where she would be sleeping on any given night. She also received increased affection from her cats, who apparently Nakahashi's desire to be more cat-like.-via Super Punch#cats #sleep

Photos of Precious Pups Sleeping Together Captivates Everyone’s HeartsPictures of pups in a puppy daycare center have gone viral as these cuties enjoy their relaxing rest after some fun time inside the center.Don’t want to leave your dog on a busy day? Consider enrolling it in a puppy daycare center. Such sights of pups playing and sleeping together can be seen from Puppy Spring in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.After some series of games and exercises planned by the center, these little puppies need to recharge their batteries so they can get back to the business of being adorable fluffballs. That’s the time when the employees sneak in to snap some pics of these cutie pies.“There are reservations for 30 dogs each day. We also operate as a play center where children can come in to relax,” a Puppy Spring spokesperson told Bored Panda.Image credits:@puppyspring#dog #puppy #PuppyDayCare #sleep