The Water Bowl: How Sleepy are Sloths? Plus, Animals Playing Basketball!

03/18/2011 at 10:30 AM EDT

The Water Bowl: How Sleepy are Sloths? Plus, Animals Playing Basketball!
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Why do sloths sleep? One scientist in Panama has been studying how they sleep in the wild, which is an unusual way to study sleep in animals. –NYTimes.com

It's March Madness, and if you thought humans were the only ones to care about shooting hoops, you'd be wrong. Animals – dogs, birds, monkeys and more –all like to do a little ballin'. –Deadspin

Some pet owners in Japan struggling, to find food and shelter, have had to choose between going to an evacuation center or staying in damaged areas in order to be with their pets. –E! Online

The late socialite Brooke Astor's dachshunds are still alive. One of them, Girlie, refuses to go through a doggie door, and instead barks until someone comes to open a door for her. –Daily Intel

We thought pictures of any dog flying through the air were fun, but it turns out the best kind of pictures of running dogs are of basset hounds. –Buzzfeed

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