This Antarctic penguin sleeps 11 hours a day—a few seconds at a time, Science
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Weird Chinstrap penguins sleep over 10,000 times a day for just 4
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Penguins employ thousands of microsleeps to achieve 11 hours
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Sleeping for Seconds, Thousands of Times a Day
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Penguins nesting in a dangerous environment obtain large
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World's longest penguin dive recorded by scientists in Antarctica
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Penguin parents sleep just a few seconds at a time to guard babies
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These penguins fall asleep 10,000+ times daily - for just seconds
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Penguins Nap 10,000 Times a Day » Explorersweb
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Nesting Penguins Take More Than 10,000 Mini Naps Every Day
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10,000 microsleeps a day let penguins stay ever watchful
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The penguin that sleeps 11 hours a day, for just 4 seconds a time
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Penguin parents sleep for just a few seconds at a time to guard
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This penguin survives on 4-second microsleeps — thousands of times
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The Bizarre Sleeping Habits of Penguins