fishkid13
Active Member
Originally Posted by nuro
http:///forum/post/3124704
sleep is technically defined as when consciousness is suspended. like you and i sleep and are fairly unaware of our surrounding environment. fish rest in that they are in a state thats energy saving and or safe. "Sleep" is typically found in higher animals and theres been soem debate about ceph's dreaming becuase they actually enter a fairly sleep like state and twitch like vertebrates do when dreaming. But no, fish do not technically "sleep". HTH.
Good info. Do different fish react more to their surroundings when they are "asleep" then other fish do?
Thanks.
http:///forum/post/3124704
sleep is technically defined as when consciousness is suspended. like you and i sleep and are fairly unaware of our surrounding environment. fish rest in that they are in a state thats energy saving and or safe. "Sleep" is typically found in higher animals and theres been soem debate about ceph's dreaming becuase they actually enter a fairly sleep like state and twitch like vertebrates do when dreaming. But no, fish do not technically "sleep". HTH.
Good info. Do different fish react more to their surroundings when they are "asleep" then other fish do?
Thanks.