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LESSON 2 · Life in the Deep

PAUSE TO THINK

How does a whale sleep without drowning?

Half its brain stays awake

Whales breathe consciously, so they can never fully switch off. They rest one half of the brain at a time while the other half keeps them rising to the surface to breathe — a trick called unihemispheric sleep.

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