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New research (specifically: "Sleeping outside the box: electroencephalographic measures of sleep in sloths inhabiting a rainforest," Rattenborg et al. 2008) shows that sloths in the wild actually only sleep 9.6 hours/day, in contrast to the reported 15 hours/day of captive sloths. Also it is the first time someone managed to hook up an EEG machine to a wild sloth, which is an awesome accomplishment. In any case, here's an interview with Alexei Vyssotski, part of the team that conducted the sloth-EEG'ing:
Last night's "Giraffes" skit/SNL Digital Short is not yet online but this is also very informative:
Breaking Giraffe News Update: You may watch the SNL Giraffes video below if you are so inclined:
Is Saturday Night Live in the process of metamorphosing, like a beautiful butterfly from a shit cocoon? To keep the glass three-quarters empty, remember that this is the same episode had the most abysmal Alec Baldwin episode ever, from a show and network that routinely feature Mr. Baldwin's lovely visage. Also... John McCain.
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