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Nature And Wildlife Tv | Why Do African Elephants Sleep Just Two Hours A Day?

Why do African elephants sleep just two hours a day?

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A study has revealed that elephants sleep for two hours a day and may survive almost two days without rest.

Previously, scientists studying elephant sleep duration discovered that they rest for four to six hours every day in captivity.

Nature And Wildlife Tv | Why Do African Elephants Sleep Just Two Hours A Day?

However, “in their natural habitat, wild, free-ranging elephants sleep only for two hours per day, the least amount of sleep of any mammal studied to date, but this appears to be related to their large body size,” said Paul Manger from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa.

Nature And Wildlife Tv | Why Do African Elephants Sleep Just Two Hours A Day?

For the study published in PLOS ONE, researchers followed two free-roaming African elephant matriarchs in Chobe National Park in Botswana for 35 days.

The elephants were fitted with an activate transmitter in their trunks to track sleep accurately and a gyroscope-based collar to monitor sleeping postures.

Nature And Wildlife Tv | Why Do African Elephants Sleep Just Two Hours A Day?

The researchers discovered that the elephants slept for over two hours each day, which was the shortest amount of sleep time for any mammal on land.

Elephants were observed to survive without sleep for up to 46 hours on several occasions.

Nature And Wildlife Tv | Why Do African Elephants Sleep Just Two Hours A Day?

The researchers discovered that the elephants were sleeping exclusively every few nights while they traveled significant distances of 30 kilometers over these periods, possibly due to predators or human interference.

Nature And Wildlife Tv | Why Do African Elephants Sleep Just Two Hours A Day?

“In addition, it appears that elephants only go into REM (rapid eye movement), or dreaming, sleep every three to four days, which makes elephant sleep unique,” Manger added.

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