{"id":22111,"date":"2024-04-09T10:56:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T10:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/09\/lets-learn-about-animals-bizarre-sleep-schedules\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T10:56:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T10:56:47","slug":"lets-learn-about-animals-bizarre-sleep-schedules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/09\/lets-learn-about-animals-bizarre-sleep-schedules\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s learn about animals\u2019 bizarre sleep schedules"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.snexplores.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1440_LL_weird_animal_sleep_schedules_feat-800x450.jpg?resize=800,450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Let\u2019s learn about animals\u2019 bizarre sleep schedules\" title=\"Let\u2019s learn about animals\u2019 bizarre sleep schedules\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Many of us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/article\/lets-learn-about-sleep\">don&#8217;t get as much sleep as we should<\/a>. We might stay up late talking to friends or scrolling through our phones. We pull all-nighters to finish important projects. And sometimes we have to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/article\/lets-learn-about-school-start-times-later\">wake up too early for school<\/a> or work. But in a perfect world, humans would lay down for an average eight hours of shut-eye per night.<\/p>\n<p>Not so for other animals.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"wp-block-sciencenews-inline-related-post alignleft\">\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/collections\/lets-learn-about\">See all the entries from our Let\u2019s Learn About series<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Some creatures have adapted to get by on much shorter bouts of sleep. Northern elephant seals, for instance, sleep an average <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/article\/northern-elephant-seals-snooze-only-two-hours-a-day-at-sea\">two hours per day for less than 20 minutes at a time<\/a> while at sea. They dive deep below predators to avoid getting eaten in their sleep. Nesting chinstrap penguins take sleeping to another extreme. They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/article\/chinstrap-penguins-sleep-extreme-napping\">nap thousands of times each day for mere seconds at a time<\/a>. This allows them to stay alert around the clock to protect their chicks from predatory birds or other penguins.<\/p>\n<p>Other animals have evolved to multitask in their sleep. Ocean-crossing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/article\/frigate-birds-spend-months-without-landing\">frigate birds can sleep while they fly<\/a> above the waves for months at a time. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/article\/reindeer-chew-food-sleep\">Reindeer, meanwhile, can sleep while eating<\/a> so they get enough food during the Arctic\u2019s brief summer months.<\/p>\n<p>Still, human sleep patterns are pretty extreme compared with those of our closest relatives. Other primates snooze <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/article\/compared-other-primates-humans-get-little-sleep\">nine to 15 hours each day<\/a>. Humans may have evolved to get by on less sleep because living on the ground \u2014 rather than in trees \u2014 requires more time awake to watch for predators. Plus, a big part of human survival is learning new skills and making social connections. All that learning and socializing cuts into sleep time.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Want to know more? We\u2019ve got some stories to get you started:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/article\/reindeer-chew-food-sleep\"><strong>Reindeer can chew food in their sleep<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>Multitasking may help these animals get shut-eye under tough conditions (2\/19\/2024) Readability: 7.4<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/article\/northern-elephant-seals-snooze-only-two-hours-a-day-at-sea\"><strong>Northern elephant seals snooze only two hours a day at sea<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>The marine mammals sleep less than 20 minutes at a time during dives (7\/18\/2023) Readability: 6.5<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/article\/chinstrap-penguins-sleep-extreme-napping\"><strong>These penguins nap 10,000 times a day, for seconds at a time<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>Such oodles of snoozes add up, providing more than 11 hours of actual shut-eye (1\/9\/2024) Readability: 7.1<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">To safely get shut-eye, glass frogs hide their blood inside their liver while asleep. This makes the frogs more transparent and harder for predators to spot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explore more<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/article\/lets-learn-about-sleep\">Let\u2019s learn about sleep<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/article\/wild-elephants-sleep-only-two-hours-night\">Wild elephants sleep for only two hours at night<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/article\/frigate-birds-spend-months-without-landing\">Frigate birds spend months without landing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/article\/compared-other-primates-humans-get-little-sleep\">Compared to other primates, humans get little sleep<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/article\/transparent-sleeping-glass-frogs-hide-red-blood-cells\">Sleeping glass frogs go into stealth mode by hiding red blood cells<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/article\/surprise-some-jellyfish-appear-need-their-zzzs\">Surprise! Some jellyfish appear to need their zzz\u2019s<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activities<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/animal-sleep-schedules-word-find.pdf\">Word find<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our human sleep schedules are guided by 24-hour cycles called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/article\/scientists-say-circadian\">circadian rhythms<\/a>. These natural rhythms don\u2019t just guide when we fall asleep and rise. They also affect our hormone levels, alertness, heart rate and more. Is it possible to tell where in your circadian rhythm you are just by measuring factors like body temperature? Find out in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencebuddies.org\/science-fair-projects\/project-ideas\/HumBio_p020\/human-biology-health\/human-circadian-cycles-body-temperature\" rel=\"noopener\">this Science Buddies experiment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/article\/lets-learn-about-animals-bizarre-sleep-schedules\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us don&#8217;t get as much sleep as we should. We might stay up late talking to friends or scrolling through our phones. We pull all-nighters to finish important projects. And sometimes we have to wake up too early for school or work. 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