|
2 posts total
When sperm whales need a nap, they take a deep breath, dive down about 45 feet and arrange themselves into perfectly-level, vertical patterns. They sleep sound and still for up to two hours at a time between breaths, in pods of five or six whales, possibly for protection. No one knew whales slept vertically until a 2008 study documented this behavior. And no one captured really good photography of it in the wild until 2017. Soviet linguist Yuri Knorozov was instrumental in deciphering Mayan script. His whole life he tried to be co-credited with his cat Asya but his editors always refused. In 2012, the Mexicans honored him with a monument that included his beloved cat.
Show previous comments
 @semiotic_pirate As a linguist who specialized in an Indigenous language and who loves their cats, Knozorov has been my hero for a long while. Didn't know about this statue but I'm so glad it exists. @semiotic_pirate His wikipedia page also has a picture of him with Asya. I think he would want it that way. |
Gregory's Server
It’s not entirely weird that they move horizontally and sleep vertically when you consider that we move vertically and sleep horizontally.
@semiotic_pirate I sleep sitting up sometimes. Are you calling me fat?
@semiotic_pirate
Now wait a minute. Do they actually take a breath, or do they exhale?