Happy valentine's day

I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

How Much Do Animals Sleep?

• Most animals have a daily pattern of rest and activity. Some animals are more active during the day (diurnal) and some are more active during the night (nocturnal). How much time do animals spend sleeping? Well, it depends on the animal:

  

   

  Species	Average Total Sleep Time (% of 24 hr)	Average Total Sleep Time (Hours/day)
  Brown Bat	82.9%	19.9 hr
  Giant Armadillo	75.4%	18.1 hr
  North American Opossum	75%	18 hr
  Python	75%	18 hr
  Owl Monkey	70.8%	17.0 hr
  Human (infant)	66.7%	16 hr
  Tiger	65.8%	15.8 hr
  Tree shrew	65.8%	15.8 hr
  Squirrel	62%	14.9 hr
  Western Toad	60.8%	14.6 hr
  Ferret	60.4%	14.5 hr
  Three-toed Sloth	60%	14.4 hr
  Golden Hamster	59.6%	14.3 hr
  Platypus	58.3%	14.0 hr
  Lion	56.3%	13.5 hr
  Gerbil	54.4%	13.1 hr
  Rat	52.4%	12.6 hr
  Cat	50.6%	12.1 hr
  Cheetah	50.6%	12.1 hr
  Mouse	50.3%	12.1 hr
  Rhesus Monkey	49.2%	11.8 hr
  Rabbit	47.5%	11.4 hr
  Jaguar	45%	10.8 hr
  Duck	45%	10.8 hr
  Dog	44.3%	10.6 hr
  Bottle-nosed dolphin	43.3%	10.4 hr
  Star-nosed Mole	42.9%	10.3 hr
  Baboon	42.9%	10.3 hr
  European Hedgehog	42.2%	10.1 hr
  Squirrel Monkey	41.3%	9.9 hr
  Chimpanzee	40.4%	9.7 hr
  Guinea Pig	39.2%	9.4 hr
  Human (adult)	33.3%	8 hr
  Pig	32.6%	7.8 hr
  Guppy (fish)	29.1%	7 hr
  Gray Seal	25.8%	6.2 hr

Animal Sounds

These are the sounds animals "make" in various languages. Can you produce them? Why are some of them similar and others different?

 

Language	Cat	Dog	Duck	Cow
English	meow	bow-wow	quack-quack	moo
Arabic	miaou miaou	haw haw	couak couak	mooooooo
Chinese (Mandarin)	miao miao	wang wang	gua gua	mu mu
Croatian	mijau	vau-vau	kva-kva	muuuu
Dutch	miauw	woef	kwak kwak	boeh
Esperanto	miaw	boj	gik-gak	muu
Finnish	miau, kurnau	hau hau/vuh vuh	kvaak kvaak	ammuu
French	miaou	ouah ouah	coin coin	meuh
German	miau	wau wau/wuff wuff	quack, quack	mmuuh
Hebrew	miyau	haw haw/hav hav	ga ga ga	moo
Hindi	mya:uN, mya:uN	bho:-bho:	baak-baak-baak	ba:N ba:N
Hungarian	miau	vau-vau	hap-hap	bu
Italian	miao	bau bau	qua qua	muuuuuu
Japanese	nyaa	wanwan, kyankyan	gaagaa	moo
Norwegian	mjau	voff /vov-vov	kvakk-kvakk	mø
Polish	miau	hau hau	kwa kwa	muuuuu
Portuguese (Brazil)	miau	au-au	qua qua	muuuu
Russian	myau	gav-gav	krya-krya	muu
Spanish	miau	guau guau	cuá cuá (Spain), cuac cuac (Argentina)	muuu
Swedish	mjau	vov vov	kvack kvack	muu
Turkish	miyauv, miyauv	hav, hav	vak, vak	mooooo
Ukrainian	myau	haf-haf	krya-krya	muuu