Behavioral sleep in giraffes

Note the bimodal pattern of night sleep, and napping in the afternoon.

The figure shows minutes of sleep per hour.

PS: paradoxical sleep
RS: recumbent sleep
SS: standing sleep

individual profile


Ref.: Tobler & Schwierin (1996)

 

 

 

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