A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Dreaming Animals

It seems that animals dream, based on similar sleep patterns in humans. But, this dreaming may be different than ours.

By Avery Hurt
Jan 20, 2021 5:10 PMJan 20, 2021 5:11 PM
Dog dreaming
(Credit: Javier Brosch)

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If you’ve ever watched dogs or cats sleep, you’ve probably wondered if they’re dreaming. Was that ear twitch or snuffling sound just a reflex? Or is Fluffy dreaming of the hunt? Maybe the sound of the can opener? Since we can’t ask, we may never know for sure. But there are good reasons to think non-human animals dream, at least according to a certain definition of dreaming.

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