Photographer Franco Banfi‘s shot of a pod of sperm whales at rest, hanging together motionless and vertical in the water.
The whales do this for about 6-24 minutes at a time, exhibiting signs of REM (dream) sleep, an activity that accounts for 7% of their life.
The phenomenon was accidentally discovered by a team of UK and Japanese researchers in 2008.
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Standing ovation for that headline.
Standing ovulation
Have seen this before, but they usually sleep head down, no?
If they sleep shallow, it’s head up. When they go deeper, it’s head down. Probably a buoyancy/stability thing.
It’s amazing that this was only discovered recently enough.
I’d poo meself
Why?
Why !?!!
If you were having a dip
Dived into a wave
Did a few breastrokes
Opened your eyes and saw them
What that fupp would you do