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Migrating Birds Take Hundreds of Powernaps.

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the checking-eyelids-for-leaks dept.

Ant writes "MSNBC reports that to help make up for sleep lost during marathon night flights, migratory birds take hundreds of powernaps during the day, each lasting only a few seconds, a new study suggests. Every autumn, Swainson's thrushes fly up to 3,000 miles from their breeding grounds in northern Canada and Alaska to winter in Central and South America. Come spring, the birds make the long trek back. The birds fly mostly at night and often for long hours at a time, leaving little time for sleep."

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  1. this early in the morning by yincrash · · Score: 5, Funny

    At 4:20 in the morning, I could a couple of power naps as well.

  2. Why they sleep only a few seconds by Jamu · · Score: 5, Funny

    Flap flap flap
    Must stay awake...
    Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
    AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I'm falling!
    Flapflapflapflapflap
    Flap flap flap
    Must stay awake...

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  3. Did the same thing as a student by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I was a student I also took several power-naps during the day to make up for lack of sleep.

    They were called lectures.

  4. Electronic Arts applauds by Green+Salad · · Score: 4, Funny

    The HR department at Electronic Arts applauds the innovation as a "best practice."

  5. Ah shucks by novus+ordo · · Score: 4, Funny
    "I think what's interesting about our findings is that even animals that should be highly adapted to sleep loss cannot go on indefinitely," Fuchs said. "That a need for sleep cannot be eliminated even in these species underscores the importance of sleep for many, if not all, animals."
    I hope I'm not the one to break this to my boss...he might even try to disprove him.
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  6. Yep... by DuranDuran · · Score: 5, Funny

    > to help make up for sleep lost during marathon night flights, migratory birds take hundreds of powernaps during the day, each lasting only a few seconds

    Yep, just like my crazy uncle. But instead of gliding, he uses the cruise control.

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    1. Re:Yep... by rf0 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Its like the old joke that Uncle Harold died peacfully in his sleep. Its just all his passengers in the car that were screaming

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  7. Re:Not convinced by tygerstripes · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't be stupid. Alligators can't balance on a wire.

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