Reindeer Sleep and Eat Simultaneously

December 25, 2023 7:49 PM

Reindeer Sleep and Eat Simultaneously, Saving Precious Time in the Short Arctic Summer. While the animals chew their cud, they also enter a state of rest.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries (6 comments total)

Wait wait wait.

Reindeer are not found on Australia or New Zealand.

I feel like you've stepped WAY outside of your normal posting boundaries with this.

BUT... it's still fascinating nature stuff, so YAY!
posted by hippybear at 8:04 PM on December 25, 2023 [2 favorites]

Relatable.
posted by praemunire at 8:09 PM on December 25, 2023 [6 favorites]

“We need to be open-minded that there is not just one kind of sleep, the way that humans sleep, but there are other ways to sleep,” says Vladyslav Vyazovskiy

i dunno, sounds kinda woke
posted by Baethan at 8:16 PM on December 25, 2023 [16 favorites]

I'm sleeping if I say I'm sleeping.
posted by Keith Talent at 8:19 PM on December 25, 2023

It would be difficult to explain why you were sleeping, even if you were not sleeping.
posted by flabdablet at 8:29 PM on December 25, 2023

Is it possible to learn this power?
posted by Faint of Butt at 5:16 AM on December 26, 2023 [4 favorites]