The most amazing thing to me is how a deeply sleeping cat can go from comatose to actively engaging in a task in a matter of a second if it is disturbed to the

The most amazing thing to me is how a deeply sleeping cat can go from comatose to actively engaging in a task in a matter of a second if it is disturbed to the point of awakening. It’s truly incredible. My anecdotal understanding is that the closest humans can get to this kind of feline state of ready alertness is in war time, but I think that has more to do with sleep deprivation.