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How Do Dolphins Sleep Without Drowning? Ask Smithsonian
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Dolphins must surface periodically to breathe air; many can only hold their breath for seven minutes. During sleep, dolphins shut down one hemisphere of the brain while the other keeps an eye out for trouble.
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Smithsonian Media (Firm)
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Anatomy, Comparative.
Morphology.
Animal behavior.
Zoology.
Life sciences.
Morphology (Animals)
Sexual behavior in animals.
Behavior.
Animals.
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English
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