These nesting penguins nod off over 10,000 times a day, for seconds at a time
Nesting chinstrap penguins take nodding off to the extreme. The birds briefly dip into a slumber many thousands of times...
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Nesting chinstrap penguins take nodding off to the extreme. The birds briefly dip into a slumber many thousands of times...
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