These Animals Might Have A More Messed Up Sleep Cycle Than You

By Mashable India

1. Dolphins

  • The first month of a bottlenose dolphin's (Tursiops truncates) life is spent without sleep. 


2. Fruit Flies

  • Female fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) have been observed to snooze for an average of 72 minutes each day, with one specimen sleeping for only 4 minutes per day.

3. Bullfrogs

  • Bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) appeared to not sleep in one experiment because they consistently responded the same way to stimuli.

4. Jellyfish

  • It was formerly believed that creatures without a central nervous system, such as jellyfish (like Chrysaora fuscescens), either did not require sleep or are incapable of it.

  • However, recent investigations have shown that this is not the case. It was discovered that jellyfish do, in fact, experience a sleep-like condition at night.

5. Great Frigatebirds

  • Another species that is able to experience unihemispheric sleep is the big frigatebird (Fregata minor). Great frigatebirds, unlike dolphins, can use this tactic sparingly. 

  • These birds only slept in half of their brains during their lengthy, transoceanic trips, and they only did so for a duration of 42 minutes, according to small sensors that recorded brain activity

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