Animals

#20 Do cats blink?

I learned this today. Cats appear never to blink, but they actually blink with a third eyelid, a nictitating membrane, which is difficult for us to see. Most animals that have eyes blink. Insects with compound eyes can’t blink, and fish, snakes, ghekos, slinks, and some lizards don’t need to blink. Apart from these, blinking

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#17 What happens when animals hibernate? Is it the same as sleeping?

I learned this today. Hibernation is not the same as sleeping. Animals sometimes have to come out of hibernation to be able to sleep. Hibernation is basically an energy-saving technique. During the winter, the temperature obviously drops, which means that endothermic animals (animals that generate their own heat internally) need more energy to keep themselves

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