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Scientists video REM-like sleep in Australian jumping spider species

🇺🇸 United States · Technology · 4 h ago
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Humans and other vertebrates go through various stages of sleep, including REM (rapid eye movement) sleep characterized by rapid eye movements and muscle twitches. Can a similar sleep state be observed in spiders? Researchers from the Institute of Organismic Biology at the University of Bonn investi
Spiders Exhibit Two-Stage Sleep Patterns Researchers captured subtle eye flickers and leg curls on video, confirming that the fringed jumping spider ( Portia fimbriata ) divides its rest into at least two structural parts.
Researchers from the Institute of Organismic Biology at the University of Bonn investigated this in the Australian jumping spider Portia fimbriata.
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