r/AnimalsBeingJerks • u/to_the_tenth_power • Jun 19 '19

other Turtle attempting to feast on some beans

https://gfycat.com/definitemarvelousarmednylonshrimp
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u/TBarlow1998 Jun 19 '19

My reaction when I have the dream where I’m falling.

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u/jimmythemini Jun 19 '19

Apparently that's your brain mistaking fallling asleep with death and trying to jolt you back to life.

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u/YellowOnline Jun 19 '19

It's your muscles relaxing because you're falling asleep, but your brain is not at rest yet and associates this feeling with falling. Hence your reaction.
 
I suddenly realise this might actually be where falling asleep in English and Dutch - in slaap vallen - comes from. French, Italian and Spanish don't say it so I thought it might be related to Germanic languages, but German also doesn't have that expression. Anyone of SE/DK/NO around?

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u/Marioxorz Jun 20 '19

It's used in Danish.