Ostriches sleep like platypuses.

Mammals and birds engage in two distinct states of sleep, slow wave sleep (SWS) and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. SWS is characterized by slow, high amplitude brain waves, while REM sleep is characterized by fast, low amplitude waves, known as activation, occurring with rapid eye movements and red...

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Main Authors: John A Lesku, Leith C R Meyer, Andrea Fuller, Shane K Maloney, Giacomo Dell'Omo, Alexei L Vyssotski, Niels C Rattenborg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21887239/?tool=EBI