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Old 09-21-2012, 10:12 AM   #1
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September 21, 2012 - Sleeping Giants



This pod of sleeping sperm whales were sleeping so deeply they did not notice a research vessel until it bumped into them. The whale noses sticking out of the water alerted the researchers to their presence.

It appears that the sperm whales go into a full sleep for short periods of time several times a day. It is suspected they also have shorter periods of sleep throughout the day. (Whale naps and cat naps?)


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they sleep very little: just 7% of the time. That contrasts sharply with smaller beluga and grey whales, which sleep for 32% and 41% of the time, respectively. Such a meagre amount of sleep designates the sperm whales as the least sleep-dependent mammals known. (The current record-holder is the giraffe, which sleeps for 8% of the time.)
The research team was from the University of St Andrew’s, UK, and they found the sleeping whales in Chile.

Go to Nature for more info and a video.
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Old 09-21-2012, 10:18 AM   #2
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That's cool! I had no idea they slept like that. It never occurred to me at all how they would sleep. I wonder if they wake up to breathe or if it's like sleep walking.
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Old 09-21-2012, 12:41 PM   #3
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I wonder if they snore and/or dream.
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Old 09-21-2012, 01:13 PM   #4
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no snoring. definitely dreaming
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Old 09-21-2012, 07:58 PM   #5
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Wet dreams.
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Old 09-21-2012, 08:49 PM   #6
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Old 09-21-2012, 09:08 PM   #7
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Wet dreams.
And here I thought we were going to stay away from ocean puns.

You did that on porpoise. I was going to fish you out but instead I'm just going to let you flounder.
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Old 09-22-2012, 05:31 AM   #8
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So... How do you do Whale Tipping?
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Old 09-24-2012, 08:03 PM   #9
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH6sE8RMUuU
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Old 09-25-2012, 10:35 AM   #10
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So... How do you do Whale Tipping?
Usually 20% unless the service was really slow.
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Old 09-25-2012, 12:50 PM   #11
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Old 09-25-2012, 05:45 PM   #12
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So, sperm whales have wet dreams and wet dreams have sperm wails.

Ain't nature wonderful?
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