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From: Kathryn Frey (kathryn_frey@greenwich.k12.ct.us)
Date: Tue Mar 11 2003 - 13:40:15 EST

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                                                            Do Whales Sleep?
    By:Melody Pabon, Justin Peptito, Jonathan Arce
    of Hamilton Avenue School in Greenwich CT
    grade 5

    Gray whales do sleep with their blowholes exposed to the surface but
    during their extended migration they don't sleep at all Instead they swim
    day and night; this is theory number one.
    Theory number two is scientist now think that whales do sleep and continue
    swimming on "autopilot" and they catch up on sleep in the lagoons where
    they have been observing snoring! Others say whales take short naps
    ranging from 10-20 minutes.
    We still don't know exactly if they do or don't sleep.



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