Heifer In Your TankDo Sheep sleep with their Head

Uphill?

Do They Sleep At All?

• They only sleep for 3.8hrs/day• Sleep lightly and take short naps.• 2% of that time is REM sleep – REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement which is part

of the deepest cycle of sleep.

Animals of Prey

• Sleep together as a herd• Sleep on their front rather than their side to

make a quick escape when threatened

How do they sleep?

• Sleep on bare ground with no bedding• Also able to lock knees and sleep standing up

with droopy head and neck

Do they Sleep Uphill?

• Bighorn sheep in the wild sleep with their heads uphill for better perspective for approaching predators around and below them, and falling rocks warn them from predators above.

• Predisposed to Vaginal prolapse due to increased strain from gravity when they sleep uphill.