Learning from sleeping dolphins
@PriscaJoanne10 (292)
Mauritius
August 31, 2010 2:38am CST
It turns out that dolphins apparently sleep in a peculiar way. They close one eye several hours, and then the other for a few hours.
The associated brain hemisphere is unconscious in a sleeping mode while the individual eye is closed. The other hemisphere is apparently active , probably to ensure capability of sensing predators.
This is amazing
Do you have more to share please?
3 responses
@ddaguno (3107)
• Philippines
31 Aug 10
Nice info PriscaJoanne10. Thanks for sharing. But I wouldn't like to be a dolphin if they sleep like that.
I want to be completely relaxed. I had some trouble sleeping before. My sleep felt like a was only half asleep and I can still hear people talking around me and even if I stayed in bed for more thatn 8 hours I still felt tired.
So i'd rather be like a hibernating bear than a half asleep dolphin.
@PriscaJoanne10 (292)
• Mauritius
31 Aug 10
u welcome ddaguno, oh dear how come you have this problem?
may be you should try relax a bit then go to bed only when you feel sleepy just dont go to bed because its time to be in bed.
im sure in your case you will always be tired...
Hope you find good sleep soon
@raviteja_ravi84 (2620)
• India
31 Aug 10
Wow now i wish i was a dolphin. AT least i can get to sleep in class while keeping my eyes active at the same time also. I have known that dolphins are really delightful and fun loving creatures. Some even claim that they respond to music and they are our friends and help us in danger at times. I have seen dolphins wrestling with sharks once to rescue a man who fell into the water by accident. It seems there's always something more to dolphins than what meets the eye with them...
Cheers!
