Won Young Lee News Today

WASHINGTON — It’s a challenge for all new parents: Getting enough sleep while keeping a close eye on their newborns. For some penguins, it means thousands of mini-catnaps a day,

Its a challenge for all new parents: Getting enough sleep while keeping a close eye on their newborns. For some penguins, it means thousands of mini-catnaps a day around-the-clock to protect their eggs and chicks, researchers discovered. The mini-catnaps appear to be enough to keep the parents going for weeks.

Explore the fact-checked online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of objective articles, biographies, videos, and images from experts.

Its a challenge for all new parents: Getting enough sleep while keeping a close eye on their newborns. For some penguins, it means thousands of mini-catnaps a day around-the-clock to protect their eggs and chicks, researchers discovered. The mini-catnaps appear to be enough to keep the parents going for weeks.

These short ‘microsleeps’, totalling around 11 hours per day, enough to keep them going for weeks

It's a challenge for all new parents: Getting enough sleep while keeping a close eye on their newborns. For some penguins, it means thousands of mini-catnaps a day, researchers discovered.

According to the study, the penguins take more than 10,000 naps a day, with each one lasting only four seconds.

According to the study, the penguins take more than 10,000 naps a day, with each one lasting only four seconds.

According to the study, the penguins take more than 10,000 naps a day, with each one lasting only four seconds.

According to the study, the penguins take more than 10,000 naps a day, with each one lasting only four seconds.