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• These penguins take 10,000 little naps a day — seconds at a time

  By Regina Barber, Aaron Scott, Brent Baughman Verified|MPR News (Saint Paul, MN)VerifiedSleep. It's an essential biological function that has long intrigued scientists. Similar to the book Everyone Poops, most animals sleep. Scientists have studied everything from mice to fruit flies in the lab to get a better understanding of what happens when animals sleep — and why so many do it. However, gathering data on how animals sleep in their natural habitat has always been tricky and hard to do. But scientists did just that with wild chinstrap penguins in Antarctica.

  By Regina Barber, Aaron Scott, Brent Baughman Verified · MPR News (Saint Paul, MN)

  Dec. 01, 2023

• These penguins take 10,000 little naps a day — seconds at a time : Short Wave

  By Regina G. Barber, Aaron Scott, Brent Baughman Verified|NPRVerifiedChinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis Antarctica) are pictured in Orne Harbour in the western Antarctic peninsula. Waddling over the rocks, legions of penguins hurl themselves into the icy waters of Antarctica, foraging to feed their young. Eitan Abramovich/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eitan Abramovich/AFP via Getty Images Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis Antarctica) are pictured in Orne Harbour in the western Antarctic peninsula.

  By Regina G. Barber, Aaron Scott, Brent Baughman Verified · NPR

  Dec. 01, 2023

• These penguins take 10,000 little naps a day — seconds at a time

  By Regina Barber, Aaron Scott, Brent Baughman Verified|MPR News (Saint Paul, MN)VerifiedSleep. It's an essential biological function that has long intrigued scientists. Similar to the book Everyone Poops, most animals sleep. Scientists have studied everything from mice to fruit flies in the lab to get a better understanding of what happens when animals sleep — and why so many do it. However, gathering data on how animals sleep in their natural habitat has always been tricky and hard to do. But scientists did just that with wild chinstrap penguins in Antarctica.

  By Regina Barber, Aaron Scott, Brent Baughman Verified · MPR News (Saint Paul, MN)

  Dec. 01, 2023

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