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Kitty Doors/Flaps

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Do Animals Dream?

Observing my dogs when they are in deep sleep mode, I would have to say yes, some animals do dream. In experiments conducted on rats in 2000, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have shown that animals really do dream. The results are that their dreams can be complex and may be replays of […]