What The Duck?!

Do worms sleep?

May 17, 2024 · 25 min · 36.4 MB
0:00-25:16

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Birds can fly while half their brain is sleeping and some spiders sleep dangling on a silk thread, but what about worms.

Do worms sleep?

Featuring:

  • Associate Professor John Lesku, La Trobe University. 
  • Dr Shauni Omond, @shauniomond.sleepsci on Instagram, La Trobe University.  
  • Professor Niels Rattenborg, Research leader on Avian Sleep, Max Planck Institute. 
  • Dr Daniela Roessler, University of Konstanz. 

Production:

  • Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer.
  • Petria Ladgrove, Producer.
  • Additional mastering:  Roi Huberman.

This episode of What the Duck?! was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and Kaurna people and was originally broadcast in July 2023.