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December 5, 2013 9:51 PM Subscribe
Sleepy, sleepy ostriches. According to this PLOS One article, "the amount of REM sleep in ostriches is greater than in any other bird." Here's a simplified article about that study, featuring video of three of the ostriches from that study experiencing [well-labelled] slow-wave and REM sleep. Here's one tired ostrich, succumbing to slumber around 0:50. And here's the cute baby ostrich who just can't stay awake. If this all's making you snoozy, you may need an ostrich pillow.
That ostrich pillow looks like something you'd unlock in Hotline: Miami.
posted by Mitrovarr at 10:34 PM on December 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Mitrovarr at 10:34 PM on December 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
The ostrich pillow looks like something where I'd wake up drenched in sweat from an unsettling dream about suffocation and claustrophobia.
posted by figurant at 10:53 PM on December 5, 2013
posted by figurant at 10:53 PM on December 5, 2013
i am ostrichen by that video. just sic.
posted by Colonel Panic at 2:09 AM on December 6, 2013
posted by Colonel Panic at 2:09 AM on December 6, 2013
Wearing one of those pillows on the bus would be a guaranteed way of getting the whole bench to yourself.
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posted by Colonel Panic at 2:11 AM on December 6, 2013 [1 favorite]
You say "the whole bench to yourself" as if this were a bad thing?
posted by idiopath at 2:56 AM on December 6, 2013
posted by idiopath at 2:56 AM on December 6, 2013
You say "the whole bench to yourself" as if this were a bad thing?
Not at all. In fact, bonus points for actually boarding the bus while wearing the pillow.
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:46 AM on December 6, 2013 [3 favorites]
Not at all. In fact, bonus points for actually boarding the bus while wearing the pillow.
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:46 AM on December 6, 2013 [3 favorites]
Seeing that closeup of an ostrich's head, I'm struck by how their eyes make them look like the stereotypical lady version of male cartoon ostrich.
Female? Throw some eyelashes on there.
posted by brundlefly at 9:07 AM on December 6, 2013 [1 favorite]
Female? Throw some eyelashes on there.
posted by brundlefly at 9:07 AM on December 6, 2013 [1 favorite]
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