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[-] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 77 points 8 months 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 8 months ago

"Morning sleepyhead, glad you could join us."

"Goodnight."

x10,000

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 11 points 8 months ago

“gm bb” absolutely defensible for chinstrap penguins

[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 12 points 8 months 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 8 months ago

Needs a nap every 5 seconds = my spirit animal.

[-] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 63 points 8 months ago

So penguins would be bad drivers.

[-] CluckN@lemmy.world 58 points 8 months ago

No wonder they are flightless

[-] Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee 13 points 8 months ago

Waiting for the autopilot update

[-] yesman@lemmy.world 63 points 8 months ago

Is there a way to learn this power?

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 42 points 8 months ago
[-] casmael@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)
[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

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

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months 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 12 points 8 months 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 8 months ago

You can solve that with online friends in many timezones

[-] papertowels@lemmy.one 41 points 8 months ago

These guys use PWM - penguin wakefulness modulation

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 33 points 8 months 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 8 months ago

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

[-] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months 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 8 months 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 8 months ago

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

[-] kemsat@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago

So, like they take really long blinks?

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

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

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago

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

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

That's basically what having a newborn is like

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 6 points 8 months ago

Parenting in a nutshell

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago

Must be nice!

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