Animals have a wide variety of interesting sleeping patterns that are frequently tailored to their environments and needs for survival. From sleeping while swimming to resting upside-down, these unusual behaviours showcase the creativity of nature. These 6 animals show how animals adjust their sleep patterns to survive in the wild. They all sleep in the most unexpected ways.
They keep one eye open to keep an eye out for predators while sleeping with half of their brain active at once.
Dolphin
They typically sleep standing for 20 minutes each day, but they can also curl up like cats.
Giraffes
Their wings aren't strong enough to lift them off the ground, so they sleep upside down, hanging by their feet.
Bats
Lying back and holding hands to avoid themselves from floating apart, they sleep in the water.
Sea otters
Horses spend roughly three hours each day sleeping, mostly standing, but lying down is necessary to enter REM sleep..
Horses
Walruses can sleep practically anywhere, whether it's anchored to an ice floe, floating on the ocean's surface or lying on the seabed.
Walruses
This information is not DNA's opinion but obtained from media reports