
About this episode
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.
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