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Penguins sleep deeply in the afternoon

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It's harder to wake a penguin after lunch.

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  1. Dewasmes, G. & Loos, N. Diurnal sleep depth changes in the king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus). Polar Biology, advance online publication 2002, doi:10.1007/s00300-002-0412-9 (2002).

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Whitfield, J. Penguins sleep deeply in the afternoon. Nature (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/news020923-3

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