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That's right—fish get drunk, too! Working with Zebrafish—a common fish used in lab studies—researchers at NYU exposed fish to various environments of EtOH, technical-speak for alcohol. (Don't worry, the highest concentration was only 1% EtOH!)
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Read More »It’s that time of year again when we get together with friends, family, and co-workers to celebrate the holidays. For many this means loading up on cookies, mistletoe, and presents. Invariably, someone—Uncle Frank or that guy in the mailroom that never talks—will have one too many eggnogs and everyone will notice. They might slur their speech or wobble around the room, but did you know that social interactions of intoxicated individuals is not only limited to humans? That’s right—fish get drunk, too! Working with Zebrafish—a common fish used in lab studies—researchers at NYU exposed fish to various environments of EtOH, technical-speak for alcohol. (Don’t worry, the highest concentration was only 1% EtOH!) After getting the fish drunk, they then watched the behaviors of the fish to monitor swimming trajectory (i.e., an underwater sobriety test) and interactions with other non-drunk fishes. The researchers found that the moderately-drunk individuals swam faster in a group setting than they did when observed alone. They also found that the untreated fish (i.e., the sober fish) behaved differently in the presence of a drunk fish—namely, they swam faster without other noticeable changes in swimming patterns. In other words, the drunk fish became a leader and the sober fish followed! It’s also worth noting that at the highest concentrations—the most drunk fish—individuals tended to lag behind and were likely experiencing the sedative effects of alcohol. The study does not indicate whether any fish ordered Dominoes late in the evening.
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Read More »Horses have an amazing ability to be able to sleep standing up. But they do also sleep lying down.
The most interesting part of horses resting standing up is how they do it. In horses there is a special arrangement of muscles and the parts that connect muscles and bones together (ligaments and tendons). This is called the stay apparatus. The stay apparatus means that horses can stand on three legs and rest the other leg. They can change the leg they rest so all of their legs get a chance to have a break. A horse can weigh more than 500kg so their legs need a rest! Even though they can sleep standing up, scientists think horses still need to lie down and sleep each day. Your sleep is not the same all night. Everyone goes through different stages of lighter and deeper sleep, and horses are the same. The deeper stages of sleep are only seen in horses lying down. Both horses and humans need to go through deeper stages of sleep for our brains to work properly.
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