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To understand how orangutans recover from lost sleep, the team analyzed how the duration of nap periods changed in relation to the previous night's rest. They found a clear compensatory effect: ...

Orangutans are considered semi-solitary great apes, meaning that they have their own individual ranges, and– with the exception of mothers and infants– spend lots of their days alone.

To understand how orangutans recover from lost sleep, the researchers analysed how the duration of nap periods changed in relation to the previous night’s rest.

To understand how orangutans recover from lost sleep, the team analyzed how the duration of nap periods changed in relation to the previous night’s rest. They found a clear compensatory effect: ...

Wild orangutans sleep in beds - known as “nests” - which provide a safe place for resting.

“When an orangutan doesn’t get enough sleep, it does what any sleep-deprived human might do: it climbs into bed, lies down, and takes a nap.” The researchers worked in the Indonesian rainforest to ...