Wake me up before you go go

4getmenot | 09:12 Thu 05th Jul 2007 | Body & Soul

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Is there any living think that doesnt sleep?

Ramipril

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Damm it living thing. Was going so well

bigmamma

lol 4get :0) I think there may be a couple of abers that never sleep , or it seems that way anyway .:-) xx

warpig3

Some fish I think, like sharks, they have to keep moving to keep the water moving through their gills so part of their brain sleeps while the other part is awake.

RATTER15

I think some teenagers I know just seem to lapse into a coma until someone screams at them to bring them out 20 hours later!!

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4getmenot

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what a bummer they only live for a day then dont even get the luxury of sleep.

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4getmenot

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well yer if you were only gonna live for a day wouldnt you get wasted too

Octavius

It is probable that all living species require sleep to some extent, but the definition of sleep varies between species. For example, when a fish or a shark goes dormant, although their brain is still very much active, zoologists can determine that they are actually taking a sleep period as we would understand it. Contrary to popular belief sharks do 'sleep'.

Plants and trees too require sometime away from daylight and will �close� themselves up for a little kip, often in the evenings. This is called nyctinasty and for botanists, quite a fascinating subject. Of course some plant species including our house plants can take more daylight exposure than others but still nevertheless catch a little shut-eye now and again.

The extent of sleep thus varies as much between humans (Baroness Thatcher only required 5 hours sleep a night when she was PM) as it does between the plant and animal kingdom. Giraffe�s only need to sleep for about 2 hours in any 24 hour period, and sufferers of Morvans syndrome go for several months without sleep with no adverse effects.

All that has made me rather slee_

4getmenot

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wake up oct!!!!!!!!!!