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Published online 13 August 1998 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news980813-5
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The sleep of the platypus
The platypus, apparently, is a surprisingly deep sleeper. What’s more, it spends more of its time in so-called ‘REM’ sleep than any other mammal.
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