--- 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.' altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - noonan@canisius.edu - kristal@buffalo.edu creators_name: - family: Noonan given: Michael honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Kristal given: Mark B. honourific: Dr. lineage: '' date: 1979 date_type: published datestamp: 2008-09-19 13:56:00 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/62/15 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: [] eprint_status: archive eprintid: 6215 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/6215/1/sleep.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'giraffe, sleep' lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:12 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 2 pagerange: 108-108 pubdom: TRUE publication: South African Journal of Zoology publisher: ~ refereed: TRUE referencetext: ~ relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 22 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2008-09-19 13:56:00 subjects: - bio-ani-behav - comp-psy succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: Note on sleep in captive giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) type: journalp userid: 88 volume: 14