Sleeping sharks
2007年3月25日 星期日

Do sharks sleep?

Sharks need to keep swimming in order to get a continual supply of oxygen.
So if they stay still, won't they suffocate?
Maybe they swim around sleeping.
Maybe they have power naps.
Maybe sharks are awfully good at holding their breath.
Maybe sharks DON"T need to keep swimming to breathe.



3 Comments:

vat kind of biologist you supposed to be... after graduate then come ask this kind of question.

Sharks, whales, dolphins and most fishses sleep with half their brains only most of the time, the other half still active, then switch half. Anything happen then will switch to full alertness.

By Blogger MooTheOracleCow, at 2007年3月26日 凌晨12:01  

Ehh really? so they swim around slow motion when the half of the brain is sleeping?

Wonder if sharks can get stroke. Hmm so if you have a brain damaged shark with half the brain not working properly (but still alive) maybe will suffocate when sleeping.

By Blogger diese_tage, at 2007年3月26日 凌晨1:15  

GAH! I think NUS should rescind your degree.

IF you had a shark that had all that you just described, and the shark suffocates, then you won't have any more shark to worry about will you?

By Blogger MooTheOracleCow, at 2007年3月27日 下午2:01  

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