Tuesday, February 12, 2013

How dolphins stay awake for 2 weeks straight

Even after 15 days of remaining alert without snoozing, the two dolphins in the study (a female named Say, shown here, and a male, Nay) used echolocation with near-perfect accuracy.Dolphins can stay constantly alert for more than two weeks by sleeping with only half of their brains, researchers say.


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