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Why cats prefer sleeping on their left side The way felines rest signals survival trait from their history in the wild

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YouTube video by Cell Press Lateralized sleeping positions in domestic cats / Curr. Biol., Jun. 23, 2025 (Vol. 35, Issue 12)

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Kediler Neden Sol Taraflarına Yatarak Uyurlar? Uluslararası Araştırma Evrimsel Bir Hayatta Kalma Stratejisini Ortaya Koydu.

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Cats Prefer to Sleep on Their Left Side For animals, sleeping on their left side is not about comfort. It is a survival strategy.

Cats Prefer to Sleep on Their Left Side! 😻🐈

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Two-thirds of cats prefer a leftward sleeping position, giving their left visual field and thus their right brain half a privileged view of approaching animals without being obstructed by their own body.

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Why cats prefer to sleep on their left side may be part of a survival strategy An international research team that analyzed several hundred YouTube videos of sleeping cats found that they prefer to sleep on their left side.

Analysis of hundreds of cat videos indicates a preference for sleeping on the left side, which may enhance rapid threat detection and escape by engaging the brain’s right hemisphere upon waking. doi.org/psw5

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“Lateralized sleeping positions in domestic cats” on this issue 😻 @sevimisparta.bsky.social

Our newest issue is now live! On the cover a female killer whale grasps a floating stalk of bull kelp as observed by @drwhale.bsky.social and colleagues, utilizing these during tactile social interactions, potentially as a form of tool-assisted allogrooming. www.cell.com/current-biol...

“Lateralized sleeping positions in domestic cats” on this issue 😻