New Study Suggests Spiders Snooze Just Like Humans
Footage taken of baby jumping spiders showed patterns that looked a lot like sleep cycles: The spiders’ legs twitched and parts of their eyes flickered.
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Footage taken of baby jumping spiders showed patterns that looked a lot like sleep cycles: The spiders’ legs twitched and parts of their eyes flickered.
Baby jumping spiders display 'bouts of retinal movements', which is akin to REM sleep experienced by humans, say experts at the University of Konstanz, Germany.
A new scientific study suggests that some spiders are capable of a state similar to a human's rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which allows us to dream.
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Human sleep is still largely a mystery. Maybe spiders can help.