How the Lion – and the Platypus – Sleeps at Night

Bottlenose dolphins sleep while swimming, resting half their brain at a time
GERARD LACZ / ANIMALS ANIMALS

Bottlenose Dolphins sleep while swimming, resting half their brain at a time. The active hemisphere controls breathing, and one eye keeps watch

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