Jun 1, 2006

The seven sleeping wonders of the world

1. Snow White (post poison apple) / Sleeping Beauty
While Snow White slept for what seemed like an undisclosed but interminably long time, Sleeping Beauty clocked a non-stop record of a hundred years.


2. The South American rainforest SlothIn terms of their sleep, sloths are one of the most somnolent animals ever, sleeping from 15 to 18 hours each day. The world’s champion sleeper is the two-toed sloth, that logs in a total of 20 hours of sleep in a day.
3. Gail Lee
Although the subject in question doesn’t sleep for 7 months out of the year, she beats the lemur by virtue of body mass, taking into consideration that it would take 8 Madagascan fat-tailed dwarf lemurs to equal 1 gail. therefore, taking g as gail and l as lemur:
1l = 7 mths of sleep/yr
1g= 8l(s)
therefore, 1g = 8 x 7 mths of sleep = 56mths of sleep!!!


4. A Lemur in hibernation
The Madagascan fat-tailed dwarf lemur, Cheirogaleus medius, hibernates in tree holes for seven months of the year.


5. New born babies
A newborn may sleep as much as 16 hours a day (or even more)... (nappy never stopped)

6. A Pig
Pigs sleep for 12 hours a day

7. Fox in the snow
Actually, the Arctic Fox doesn't hibernate during winter, but it gets the 7th position by being the least sleepy of the whole lot in this list and also because it's freaking cute.

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