Do butterflies sleep?

Moment of Um

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 15 January 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Sleep helps our brains and bodies rest. Lots of animals need sleep to survive, like birds, mice and even humpback whales! But what about insects, like butterflies? Do they doze off, too? We asked insect expert Meredith Cenzer to help us find the answer.

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0:00.0	From the brains behind brains on, this is moment of om.
0:03.4	Answering those questions that make you go,
0:08.0	aum.
0:10.0	Um, um, um, um.
0:12.0	Um, um. Moment of Oum comes to you from APM Studios. I'm the Sandman.
0:27.0	Maybe you've heard of me before. I'm the guy who sneaks into your house at night and sprinkles special magical dust into your eyes to make you fall asleep.
0:37.0	You know, Mr Sandman, bring me a dream, bum bum bum.
0:43.0	Side note, I've never liked that song.
0:45.0	So rude.
0:46.0	Like, could you say please?
0:48.0	What you might not know is that I help lots of other creatures go to sleep.
0:53.3	Donkeys or Madillos, lobsters, you get the idea.
0:57.1	It's a lot of responsibility, but I am the Sandman after all.
1:00.9	I knew what I was getting into when I applied for this job. And like I told the interviewer that day, my biggest weakness is that I just care too much. Anyway, I've been on the hunt for some new animals that I can help put to sleep. And I've been thinking about butterflies.
1:14.8	That's right, butterflies.
1:16.7	They're so beautiful and delicate, and they can fly such amazingly long distances.
1:21.6	They must need to sleep, right? I actually got the idea for my friend Mia.
1:27.0	Hi Brainson, this is Mia and I'm from Westerville, Ohio.
1:32.8	And my question is, do butterflies sleep?
1:38.0	Yes, so butterflies do sleep.
1:42.0	It doesn't look the same as human sleep so they don't have beds or even
1:47.2	nests where they go so they have to find somewhere that's relatively
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