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Maybe not 'exclusively' slept, but koalas[1] sleep for a majority of the day (16-20 hours) in order to digest highly toxic eucalyptus leaves which constitute th
by otoburb 1y ago
Maybe not 'exclusively' slept, but koalas[1] sleep for a majority of the day (16-20 hours) in order to digest highly toxic eucalyptus leaves which constitute the main portion of their diet.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koala https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koala
- lr4444lr 1y agoFascinating. I wonder whether they'd sleep less if fed a less toxic, more easily digestible diet.
- SAI_Peregrinus 1y agoUnfortunately they can't recognize anything but Eucalyptus leaves, on the branch, as food. A pile of the leaves isn't food to them, they won't eat it.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 1y agoWeird niche to corner! Exclusively eat the poison nobody else wants to the exclusion of anything else.
- 4b11b4 1y agoMaybe I should really lean into that nap after eating..
- _alternator_ 1y agoOr quit eating poison :P
- jjk166 1y agoBut that's a case of requiring additional sleep for a specific purpose