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You don't even have to be a rat owner. I'd say any creature that dreams has an imagination, and dreaming is clearly visible when they're twitching in their sle
by INTPenis 3y ago
You don't even have to be a rat owner.
I'd say any creature that dreams has an imagination, and dreaming is clearly visible when they're twitching in their sleep.
Also just watch Mark Rober's squirrel obstacle course to see how rodents can imagine.
- jbstack 3y agoTwitching isn't proof of dreaming.
- INTPenis 3y agoDisclaimer; I'm not a scientist of any biological field. But OP was talking about the common perception of the article. So I chimed in as a pet owner.
- Earw0rm 3y agoSomething like dreaming is present very far back in evolutionary history. The last common ancestor of ray-finned fish and terrestrial mammals (450 million years ago?) presumably had it, as both branches of the tree of life show REM-like sleep and brain activity.