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[-] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 78 points 2 years ago

So if the average nap is four seconds, the average period of wakefulness is five seconds.

What a life.

[-] Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee 52 points 2 years ago

"Morning sleepyhead, glad you could join us."

"Goodnight."

x10,000

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago

“gm bb” absolutely defensible for chinstrap penguins

[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago

I'm guessing they still have extended awake times so they can get things done, and rest times where they're just drifting in and out of sleep.

[-] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 68 points 2 years ago

Needs a nap every 5 seconds = my spirit animal.

[-] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 64 points 2 years ago

So penguins would be bad drivers.

[-] CluckN@lemmy.world 59 points 2 years ago

No wonder they are flightless

[-] Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago

Waiting for the autopilot update

[-] yesman@lemmy.world 64 points 2 years ago

Is there a way to learn this power?

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 43 points 2 years ago
[-] casmael@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Not quite the same, and it sounds kind of hellish, but check out Polyphasic Sleeping.

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The transition is hellish if you go for the more extreme versions, and you need total control of your schedule because one missed or delayed nap will totally wreck you.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago

A buddy did that. He did bifurcated, polyphasic, martian 25/10, and the naps. He felt lonely and sad, and wasn't sure it wasn't just the lack of human contact.

Ultimately, not worth it when one has to interact with humans.

[-] seaQueue@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

You can solve that with online friends in many timezones

[-] papertowels@lemmy.one 41 points 2 years ago

These guys use PWM - penguin wakefulness modulation

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago

By an amazing coincidence it's pretty much the same for people attending work meetings.

Nature is truly incredible.

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

"This could have been an email." -Mother Nature

[-] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

We need to discuss the color for the interior of the shoebox all staff must be in attendance.

I am in fabric Mother Nature!

[-] Bosht@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

Sorry, how in the world do they know it's a nap and not just, you know, closing it's eyes? I'd be interested in the science behind the findings because it sounds like horseshit.

[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

I volunteer to be some kind of control group please pay me to nap

[-] kemsat@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago

So, like they take really long blinks?

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago
[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Sleeping upright sounds terrible, horizontally gets you better blood flow to the brain. So checks out.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

I had a guy fall asleep while talking and standing. he just ... trailed off. #basictraining

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

That's basically what having a newborn is like

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 years ago

Parenting in a nutshell

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago

Must be nice!

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