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Sleep, but not as we know it

Oct 05, 2019
by Poppy Beaumont
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bottlenose dolphin, cardigan bay, cetacean, cetacean research, citizen science, conservation, dolphin, dolphin sleep, dolphins, marine, marine biology, Marine Conservation, research, sleep
Sleep is a behaviour characterised by a typical body posture, both eyes’ closure, raised sensory threshold, distinctive electrographic signs, and a decrease of motor activity1. Regarded as a necessity to the majority of animals, in most cases sleep involves the whole brain and body1.
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