Walrus Sleep
By Matt J. Weiss, March 18, 2009 @ 01:00 AM (EST)
Source: Discovery.com
A new study on the sleeping habits of walruses reveals that these
flippered marine mammals are some of the world's most unusual snoozers,
since they appear to sleep anywhere, but they may also break the
world's record for continuously staying awake.
Perhaps most unusual is their ability to sleep in various odd positions in the planet's ultimate waterbed -- the ocean.
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