Do spiders dream? Researchers studying Australian jumping spiders have found sleep patterns resembling REM sleep, raising new questions about dream-like states in invertebrates
- (Image credit: Wikimedia Commons)Dreaming is an experience we often associate with humans but is it something that only humans experience?
- Scientists have long been curious to ascertain what may happen when other animals fall asleep.
- While certain sleep behaviours have been observed in mammals and birds, much less is known about how sleep works in creatures with a distinct nervous system.
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- (Image credit: Wikimedia Commons)Dreaming is an experience we often associate with humans but is it something that only humans experience?
- Scientists have long been curious to ascertain what may happen when other animals fall asleep.
- While certain sleep behaviours have been observed in mammals and birds, much less is known about how sleep works in creatures with a distinct nervous system.
Sources: Times of India