← Back to context Comment by jldugger 5 days ago Do sponges sleep? 4 comments jldugger Reply jjk166 4 days ago They certainly aren't exclusively inactive, which is all that matters for this discussion. throwawayffffas 4 days ago Presumably. Some jellyfish sleep[1]But do fungi and Archea sleep?My guess based on what we read is yes and no.[1] https://www.science.org/content/article/if-alive-sleeps-brai... jldugger 4 days ago Yea, but at some point this is probably gonna strain the colloquial definition of sleep. So I went for one of the oldest and perhaps simplest animals around, to examine the "creature" angle in extrema. rkomorn 4 days ago Of course fungi sleep. That's how we can catch them in order to eat them.
jjk166 4 days ago They certainly aren't exclusively inactive, which is all that matters for this discussion.
throwawayffffas 4 days ago Presumably. Some jellyfish sleep[1]But do fungi and Archea sleep?My guess based on what we read is yes and no.[1] https://www.science.org/content/article/if-alive-sleeps-brai... jldugger 4 days ago Yea, but at some point this is probably gonna strain the colloquial definition of sleep. So I went for one of the oldest and perhaps simplest animals around, to examine the "creature" angle in extrema. rkomorn 4 days ago Of course fungi sleep. That's how we can catch them in order to eat them.
jldugger 4 days ago Yea, but at some point this is probably gonna strain the colloquial definition of sleep. So I went for one of the oldest and perhaps simplest animals around, to examine the "creature" angle in extrema.
They certainly aren't exclusively inactive, which is all that matters for this discussion.
Presumably. Some jellyfish sleep[1]
But do fungi and Archea sleep?
My guess based on what we read is yes and no.
[1] https://www.science.org/content/article/if-alive-sleeps-brai...
Yea, but at some point this is probably gonna strain the colloquial definition of sleep. So I went for one of the oldest and perhaps simplest animals around, to examine the "creature" angle in extrema.
Of course fungi sleep. That's how we can catch them in order to eat them.