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Chinstrap penguin (mander.xyz)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So if the average nap is four seconds, the average period of wakefulness is five seconds.

What a life.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Morning sleepyhead, glad you could join us."

"Goodnight."

x10,000

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

“gm bb” absolutely defensible for chinstrap penguins

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 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.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 months ago

Needs a nap every 5 seconds = my spirit animal.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So penguins would be bad drivers.

[–] CluckN 56 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No wonder they are flightless

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Waiting for the autopilot update

[–] yesman 60 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is there a way to learn this power?

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

1.) Lay egg.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

2.) <•

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

zzz?
profit!!!

[–] hakunawazo 6 points 2 months ago

noot

[–] Rolando 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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 2 points 2 months ago

You can solve that with online friends in many timezones

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago

These guys use PWM - penguin wakefulness modulation

[–] Aceticon 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

By an amazing coincidence it's pretty much the same for people attending work meetings.

Nature is truly incredible.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] stupidcasey 1 points 2 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 28 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh0771

[–] Iheartcheese 18 points 2 months ago

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

[–] kemsat 24 points 2 months ago

So, like they take really long blinks?

[–] finitebanjo 10 points 2 months ago

[–] someguy3 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

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

[–] blazeknave 6 points 2 months ago

That's basically what having a newborn is like

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Parenting in a nutshell

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Must be nice!