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Some animals sleep a lot and some animals sleep a little. The chart
below shows the how much sleep different animals usually get each day.

2 hrs giraffes
3 hrs horses, deer
4 hrs elephants, goats, sheep, cows
7 hrs dolphins
8 hrs humans, rabbits, pigs
9 hrs dogs
10 hrs chimpanzees, monkeys, baboons
11 hrs beavers, fox
12 hrs gorillas
13 hrs wolves, raccoons, rats, mice
15 hrs cats, squirrels, chipmunks, gerbils
20 hrs bats

Use the chart to answer these questions.
Circle T if the answer is true or F if the answer is false.

a mouse

True or False

  1. Horses sleep for the shortest length of time. T        F
  2. Humans sleep the same number of hours as rabbits. T        F
  3. Wolves sleep the longest. T        F
  4. Elephants and cows sleep the same number of hours. T        F
  5. Beavers sleep the same number of hours as dolphins. T        F
  6. The total combined number of hours that one cat, two giraffes and a fox sleep is 30 hours. T        F
  7. The total combined number of hours that two dogs sleep is 17 hours. T        F