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Are any animals not sleeping well?
The lives of migratory birds are hard. During the long ten thousand kilometers of relentless migration, did they sleep? Probably didn't sleep, they couldn't fly that far.
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Sleeping on a tree because of a crocodile chase
A fisherman had to spend a night sitting on a tree with two crocodiles scouring underneath ...
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Frogs sleep in mud
A cave frog can survive for many years in mud without food and water. The new study sheds light on how other 'dormant' frogs and animals can do this.
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Sloths are not lazy
The characteristic image of a lazy creature who sleeps almost all day has been turned upside down. Instead of sleeping for more than 16 hours a day as observed in captiv…
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Fish: Insomnia study specimen
A recent study has shown that zebrafish may suffer from insomnia, especially when scientists tamper with their genes. This will be a cheap, healthy model for studying sl…
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Funny science mysteries (part 2)
What do animals dream of? Scientists found, as well as humans, sleeping, and animal brains
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Farewell to the 'oldest' chimpanzee in the world
Fifi, one of the oldest chimpanzees in the world, one of the 'symbolic' animals, has gone to sleep peacefully at the zoo in Sydney, Australia on July 19, the 60-year-old…
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Migratory birds sleep hundreds of times a day
To compensate for the sleep lost during the long night trips, migratory birds had to
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Interesting thing about animals
Do not underestimate ostriches. They can run faster than horses and empty ostriches can run as fast as lions!
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How do the animals sleep?
It was an animal, so everyone had to sleep, from a tiny fruit fly to a blue whale weighing 180 tons. The problem is whether they sleep the same or not! For example, the…
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Lotus snails sleep during the winter and summer
Snails always piggyback on the back of a sophisticated tall spiral house, crawling to wet places to eat. By the hot dry season, he crouched inside
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African Pangolin
The African Pangolin is named Manis temminckii, who sleeps in a cave during the day, and they point out to search for the nightfall. Pangolins can occupy abandoned caves…
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Perodicticus Potto lemur
Rarely do people see Perodicticus potto lemurs because in the daytime they sleep in luxuriant branches, curled up, their heads between their legs. This animal never leav…