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Adrianna Tan
Adrianna Tan
@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Elephant seals take short naps while on deep dives. On the way to 7000 ft below, they fall asleep while diving in spirals downwards. When they get there, they wake up and forage for food

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-04-21-elephant-seals-drift-sleep-while-diving-far-below-ocean-surface

#Marine #Seals #Pinnepeds #Science #Nature #Wildlife

Elephant seals drift off to sleep while diving far below the ocean

A new analysis of elephant seal brainwave patterns has revealed that these mammals take short naps while holding their breath on deep dives, averaging just 2 hours of sleep per day during their long
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@xvbg@framapiaf.org replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@skinnylatte
This is also brilliantly described (along with other animals' sleeping strategies) in this beautifully animated web article : https://apnews.com/projects/extreme-animal-sleep/

AP News

What tiny brain monitors are teaching us about extreme animal sleep habits

Thanks to miniaturized sleep labs, scientists are able to track the extreme ways animals snooze in risky environments.
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