How Do Animals Sleep? Upside Down & Half Awake! | Animals for Kids

Yawn! Join Pip on Little World Explorers to discover how animals sleep: sea otters hold hands, dolphins sleep with half their brain, bats hang upside down, koalas snooze most of the day, giraffes take tiny naps, and some birds even nap while flying! Plus why YOU need sleep, a fun quiz, and a sleepy science fact. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:22 1. Sea Otters Hold Hands 0:42 2. Dolphins: Half Asleep 0:59 3. Bats: Upside Down 1:17 4. Sleepy Koalas 1:33 5. Giraffes: Tiny Naps 1:51 6. Napping While Flying 2:16 7. More Sleepy Surprises 3:03 8. Why You Need Sleep 3:51 Quiz Time! 4:03 Something New to Learn! Sources: https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/a... https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles... https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/anima... https://academic.oup.com/sleep/articl... https://zooatlanta.org/how-do-giraffe... https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomm... https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/about/index... https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/fish/... https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art... https://www.purina.com/articles/cat/b... https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/slee... Photo credits (real photos via Wikimedia Commons): Sea otters holding paws: Joe Robertson, CC BY 2.0 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Sea otter wrapped in kelp: Mike Baird, CC BY 2.0 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Dolphin pod, Florida Bay: Everglades National Park (NPS), public domain - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Spinner dolphin: NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries, public domain - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Black flying fox hanging upside down: John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Little brown bat: Marvin Moriarty, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Sleeping koala: Alex Proimos, CC BY 2.0 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Koala eating eucalyptus: Kyu3, CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Giraffes standing: Jozef020, CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Giraffe lying down: Bernard Dupont, CC BY-SA 2.0 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Frigatebird over the ocean: ImagePerson, CC BY 4.0 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Frigatebirds flying: Virtual-Pano, CC BY 4.0 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Sleeping mallards in a row (cropped): Tim Sheerman-Chase, CC BY 2.0 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Horse dozing standing up: Sciencia58, CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Sleeping parrotfish: Jerome Paillet (Ifremer), CC BY 4.0 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Elephant herd: cocoparisienne, CC0 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Sleeping cat: Matthew Paul Argall, CC0 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Emoji graphics: Noto Emoji by Google (Apache License 2.0). Other pictures and animations: Little World Explorers. Made for kids. Calm, educational videos from Little World Explorers. Subscribe to learn something new every day! #AnimalsForKids #AnimalFacts #ScienceForKids #Sleep #LearnWithPip #LittleWorldExplorers #BedtimeLearning