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**MEOW**
This remarkable film shows a cat in the middle of a night's sleep.
Now, believe it or not, the cat is still asleep.
But because some of its nerve pathways have been cut it's acting out it's dreams.
Normally when we dream we're effectively paralyzed from the neck down.
But that paralysis has been bypassed in this cat.
Its brain shows all the signs of REM sleep,
But its muscle activity suggests an exciting dream life chasing flies and mice.
If our muscles weren't paralyzed, we too would probably act out our dreams in this way.
Perhaps it's fortunate for our partners that we don't.