Frigatebirds take tiny naps while soaring — ChillScroll

A frigatebird soaring above the ocean at sunset with one eye closed

Frigatebirds take tiny naps while soaring

Brain recordings showed that frigatebirds can sleep in flight, usually for only seconds at a time. Sometimes one half of the brain rests; occasionally both halves do.

Wide wings, rising air, and a twelve-second nap above the ocean.

Source · Max Planck Society ↗