A recent study published in research journal PLUS ONE has found that sleep in wild animals is likely not related to sunrise and sunset, and that other environmental factors are more crucial to the timing of sleep. According to University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) Anatomical Sciences Professor Paul Manger this is the first study to indicate this. Research conducted by nongovernmental organisation Elephants without Borders together with the Chobe National Park, in Botswana; Wits; and the University of California, in Los Angeles, used data loggers similar to wireless-enabled data tracking device ‘fitbit’ to study the sleeping patterns of wild animals, mainly focussing on elephants.
Source: www.engineeringnews.co.za
Study uses ‘fitbit’ to track animal sleep patterns
Made with by iNCO Creative.