Do worms sleep?

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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