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Thursday, January 1, 2026

Fascinating "What tiny brain monitors are teaching us about extreme animal sleep habits "| AP News

https://apnews.com/projects/extreme-animal-sleep/ 

"Every animal with a brain needs sleep — and even a few without a brain do, too. Humans sleep, birds sleep, whales sleep and even jellyfish sleep.

Sleep is universal "even though it's actually very risky," said Paul-Antoine Libourel, a researcher at the Neuroscience Research Center of Lyon in France.

When animals nod off, they're most vulnerable to sneaky predators