Our most favorite slow-moving animal in the world is not as lazy as previously thought!
According to Science Magazine, some scientists from Europe decided to see if Sloths really did sleep as much as 16 hours a day. So they got on a plane and headed to Panama. These scientists were not pleased with previous brain-activity data that measured sloths' sleeping pattern because that research was done with sloths in captivity (that were probably depressed). So, in Panama, they used a portable brain-activity recorder thingy, and what sounds like a traumatizing procedure for the poor sloths.
"Enter the portable EEG recorder. Developed in part by neurophysiologist Alexei Vyssotski of the University of Zürich, Switzerland, the apparatus is housed in a cap that fits on top of an animal's head. Small wires placed just under the skin of the scalp detect brain waves and send the numbers to a data logger hidden inside the device."The results?! Sloths sleep like 9 hours a day! Only!
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1 comment:
they need to invent some sort of cap thingy to see if they actually can drink 3,000 bud lights and kick your face in a punch fight
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