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Photos shared by Moody Gardens show the penguin siblings snuggling closely together. Named for the narrow black band of feathers under their chin that resembles a helmet chinstrap, the unique ...
Sleep comes in a variety of snoozes and sizes. We humans are not going to get a full night’s rest by nodding off here and there, but that’s pretty much what some chinstrap penguins do: They doze off ...
According to a new study, breeding chinstrap penguins take more than 10,000 naps a day, with each nap lasting an average of four seconds. Employing this strategy, the animals amass approximately ...
Most parents of little ones function with a sleep deficit — but some penguins have figured out a way to catch more Zzzs. Nesting chinstrap penguins take more than 10,000 mini naps per day ...
Most parents of little ones function with a sleep deficit — but some penguins have figured out a way to catch more Zzzs. Nesting chinstrap penguins take more than 10,000 mini naps per day ...
Take chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarcticus), the adorable two-foot-plus waddling birds named for the distinctive and dignified black stripes at the bottoms of their heads, which are ...
Getty Chinstrap penguins love a good nap — or 10,000! According to research published in the journal Science earlier this week, nesting birds in colonies in Antarctica take over 10,000 naps ...
For some penguins, it means thousands of mini-catnaps a day, researchers discovered.Chinstrap penguins in Antarctica need to guard their eggs and chicks around the clock in crowded, noisy colonies.