1540 Sleepy Time

Groucho Marx once famously said, "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas, what he was doing in my pajamas I'll never know."
Well scientists have finally answered the question—most likely sleeping. A recent study uncovered the sleepy times of numerous animals.
We often think of humans as the lazy species, spending a third of our days—and our lives—tucked away in the arms of Morpheus. We envision animals as hunting restlessly in the wilds, chasing down prey foraging in the open, with one eye always open for said hunters.
Not so. A lot of animals spend a lot of time in slumber. Interestingly, horses are the most constantly alert, spending only 2.9 hours a day sleeping. Cows, who you would think of as slow and dull, get by on 4 hours of sleep. Of course when it's hard to tell if you're awake, it's hard to tell the difference.
Humans are actually on the low end of the scale at 8 hours. Lazy dogs? 10.1 Hours. Never to be outdone by their canine competitors for human indulgence, even lazier cats are 12.5 hours.
The house mouse sleeps exactly 12.5 hours too, in a lovely detente between predator and prey. Both of them still waste half a day. Doing what? How amazing can a mouse dreamworld be?
The mighty king of the jungle is nearly the king of laziness too. Spending 13.5 hours a day napping away. But even lions don't hold a candle to the giant armadillo. It sleeps 18.1 hours a day. 75% of its life asleep. No surprise the world isn't overrun with giant armadillos.
The top sleeper? The little brown bat, at 19.9 hours. It's like his whole life is turned upside down.
One fact that woke me up; I'll sleep better if I get rid of my lazy watchdog and get a watch-horse.
America, ya gotta love it.