creators_name: Noonan, Michael
creators_name: Kristal, Mark B.
creators_id: noonan@canisius.edu
creators_id: kristal@buffalo.edu
type: journalp
datestamp: 2008-09-19 13:56:00
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:12
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title: Note on sleep in captive giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata)
ispublished: pub
subjects: bio-ani-behav
subjects: comp-psy
full_text_status: public
keywords: giraffe, sleep
abstract: The relatively small amount of time spent sleeping by giraffes, can be attributed most directly to the need for constant rumination. This is consonant with the more general ecological notion that sleep patterns in prey species are usually characterized by brief, intermittent periods of sleep.
date: 1979
date_type: published
publication: South African Journal of Zoology
volume: 14
number: 2
pagerange: 108-108
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Noonan, Michael and Kristal, Dr. Mark B.  (1979) Note on sleep in captive giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata).  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/6215/1/sleep.pdf