r/interestingasfuck • u/DearEmphasis4488 • 2d ago

Animals sleep time

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u/Darth_Luq 2d ago

Tf is a water bear?

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u/North-Pea-4926 2d ago

Tardigrade, very smol (microscopic) tough little guys with six legs (3 pairs) that can be found in moss. Famous for being able to survive short periods of exposure to outer space.

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u/PrufReedThisPlesThx 2d ago

How on earth does it sleep thousands of hours a day though? Does it snuggle up nice and snug inside a black hole or something???

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u/Litespeed111 2d ago

EXACTLY. I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS. They are all based on daily measurement then the water bear seems to be in its lifetime. Takes away the point of the the chart imo

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u/xXProGenji420Xx 2d ago

they aren't all based on daily measurements, the shark example is how long they sleep at a time, not how long they sleep each day.

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u/Old-Asshole 2d ago

Lions don't sleep 19 hours straight, it's throughout the day. The whole thing is misleading.