Chinstrap Penguins Take Over 10,000 Small Naps a Day, Research Says
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Chinstrap penguins have 10,000 naps every day
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How taking up to 10,000 naps a day lets chinstrap penguins keep a
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Chinstrap penguins 'nap thousands of times a day for only seconds
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Nesting Penguins Take More Than 10,000 Mini Naps Every Day
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Chinstrap Penguins Crowned Sleep Champions With 10,000 Daily Mini
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Penguins nap 10,000 times a day
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Thousands of naps a day: Penguin parents live on microsleep
Antarctica's chinstrap penguins get four seconds of shut-eye
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By taking 10,000 four-second naps a day, chinstrap penguins can
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These Penguins Nap Thousands of Times Per Day
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Penguins Take Over 10,000 Naps a Day, Study Finds - Impakter
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Penguins employ thousands of microsleeps to achieve 11 hours