Crepuscular
It is my humble mission to prepare you, dear friend, for any and all feline related questions that may come up in your quest to Trivia + Jeopardy + Who Wants to Be a Millionaire world domination.
When you get to the top, just remember us. Kidding! But earmarking some of your fabulous riches for your favorite animal welfare organization is def a winning move ;)
Ok, today’s trivia know-how:
You may have heard cats described as nocturnal. Nocturnal, per the Merriam Webster dictionary, means: “occurring in the night.” Since night is roughly 10 hours, and cats sleep up to 20 hours, by sheer arithmetic, we must conclude that cats are not strictly “nocturnal.”
Hey Ma! Look at me, leveraging the powers of math! Never thought I’d see this day either.
Anyway, cats are in fact Crepuscular, i.e. “active during twilight”!
In other words, they wake up long enough to hunt, feed, and groom … then go back to sleep, nap, and sunbathe. Talk about OGs of efficiency who make even a #fourhourworkweek look excessive (no shade, Tim Ferris! We humans still need your guidance). The evolutionary conversation must have gone down something like this:
Humans: Must. Work. 144,000 Seconds. A Week. Just to make ends meet.
Tim Ferris & company: Nah, four hours a week is all you need to ball!
Cats: Double Nah. *drops the mic*
By the way, there are only two animals known to sleep more than cats. One can fly, and one rhymes with “awesome.” Shout out your best guess in the comments below!
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REFERENCES
“Nocturnal.” Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nocturnal. Accessed 8 February 2021.
“Crepuscular.” Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crepuscular. Accessed 8 February 2021.
“Sleep Habits of Cats.” National Sleep Foundation, https://www.sleep.org/cats-sleep-habits/. Accessed 8 February 2021.
“Nocturnal Behavior.” San Francisco SPCA, https://www.sfspca.org/resource/nocturnal-behavior/. Accessed 8 February 2021.
