I have seen quite a lot of things in my life time, I guess the more we live - the more we get to experience. There are a lot things in this world of ours that we haven't fully grasped yet and anything science can't truly give a logical explanation to is considered mythological. As a kid, I had a neighbour with a dog, the dog got really old and came up with some illness. Well the illness later leads to the death of the dog, we all loved the dog missed the dog's presence, I can remember asking my parents if pets also have their own afterlife the way we humans believe in heaven.
My parents just stared at me and couldn't find the right answer to give to me or probably they haven't thought of it. Pets are also living things that feel just like we do, so it is logical to believe that they would also have access to some privileges humans do. So speaking of pets dreaming, this is one thing I never really thought of or probably I never wondered about it or check if it was ever possible. I have watched a cat sleeping and snoring before, even a goat but thinking of pets dreaming is another thing entirely.
I mean these creatures also sleep like we do and if they could do that, does that mean pets also have dreams, even if they do, we wouldn't know because it is not as if pets can talk about their dreams like we do. When pets are sleeping, especially dogs, they usually turn around and roll all over the place like we do but is that enough to prove that pets can dream. I mean if a pet should have a nightmare, would they start screaming all over the place like some humans do.
I have never owned a pet before, though I once had a rabbit farm but I wouldn't consider that has having a pet. It is just raring of animals for sales purpose. Even if I were to have a pet and watch it sleep, I don't think I would want to imagine that my pet is dreaming, it is just way too complex to imagine. I mean will ever be able to say "hey dude, what are you dreaming about". So I'm going to leave it as pets sleeping and leave the whole dreaming out of it.
What if somehow I'm able to find out that truly my pet can dream? Well, that dude have to tell me everything about the dream, I mean you can't just dream and keep it to yourself, I want to know about every details of the dream, whether it makes sense or not. It sounds funny right, that is why I said it is a little complex to imagine, what will be the point of dreaming when they wouldn't be able to talk about it? or do pets talk about their dreams among each other the ways humans do? I think I better start investigating.
This write-up was inspired by week 40 episode 1 - SciFi multiverse titled "Pet's dreaming " in SciFi multiverse community.
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Same here, if my pet is a dreaming type, i will love to know what the dream is about. Thanks for sharing.