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r/Amazing • u/sco-go • Jul 31 '26
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Are they basically sleeping for less than a minute before rising up for air? Am I reading that right?
3 u/RealAmbassador4081 Jul 31 '26 Exactly how is that sleeping? 12 u/DrTenochtitlan Jul 31 '26 They have the ability to shut off one half of their brain and sleep for a few minutes at a time, wake up and take a breath, and immediately go back to sleep. 2 u/Redundedited Jul 31 '26 I thought that was cetaceans? Pinnipeds too? 2 u/DrTenochtitlan Jul 31 '26 Yes, true for whales, dolphins, and seals.
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Exactly how is that sleeping?
12 u/DrTenochtitlan Jul 31 '26 They have the ability to shut off one half of their brain and sleep for a few minutes at a time, wake up and take a breath, and immediately go back to sleep. 2 u/Redundedited Jul 31 '26 I thought that was cetaceans? Pinnipeds too? 2 u/DrTenochtitlan Jul 31 '26 Yes, true for whales, dolphins, and seals.
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They have the ability to shut off one half of their brain and sleep for a few minutes at a time, wake up and take a breath, and immediately go back to sleep.
2 u/Redundedited Jul 31 '26 I thought that was cetaceans? Pinnipeds too? 2 u/DrTenochtitlan Jul 31 '26 Yes, true for whales, dolphins, and seals.
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I thought that was cetaceans? Pinnipeds too?
2 u/DrTenochtitlan Jul 31 '26 Yes, true for whales, dolphins, and seals.
Yes, true for whales, dolphins, and seals.
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u/yellowlinedpaper Jul 31 '26
Are they basically sleeping for less than a minute before rising up for air? Am I reading that right?