how do dolphins and whales sleep without drowning?

[brainhulk]

do their blow holes have auto-close?

fuck you ahead of time, i'm not a biologist. I just have a bachelor's degree in biology.

 

[SKORPI0]

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-whales-and-dolphin

 

[flexy]

Fucka you whale and fucka you dolphin! And fucka you "biological degree" long time! Blow holes....

 

[sswingle]

Probably the same way you remember to breathe when sleeping.

 

[DigDog]

most aquatic animals do not sleep as land animals do; part of their brain remains always awake, some switch between two. because, you know, evolution. death by drowning is pretty bad for evolution.

 

[Capt Caveman]

do their blow holes have auto-close?

fuck you ahead of time, i'm not a biologist. I just have a bachelor's degree in biology.

Don't know how to enter your question into a search bar?

 

[DrPizza]

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-whales-and-dolphin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gills
:sneaky:

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gills
:sneaky:

What do gills have to do with dolphins and whales? Neither of them have gills.

 

[OutHouse]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gills
:sneaky:

 

[poofyhairguy]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gills
:sneaky:

 

[John Connor]

But, how does an astronaut sleep in space?

Water?

 

[MongGrel]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gills
:sneaky:

 

[Zeze]

I'm trying real hard to not to create another parody thread where the replies will be baiting for that wiki gills link.

 

[brianmanahan]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gills
:sneaky:

 

[BurnItDwn]

So, looks like the Trophy goes to DrPizza....

 

[deadlyapp]

I feel like the gills thing is going over my head

 

[Linux23]

I feel like the gills thing is going over my head

Wooosh

 

[SP33Demon]

I feel like the gills thing is going over my head

mammals brah

 

[deadlyapp]

mammals brah

Well I'm not dumb.

All the kim jong un pictures had me trying to figure out if I missed some gills joke.

 

[brianmanahan]

I feel like the gills thing is going over my head

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2476308

 

[deadlyapp]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2476308

Oh sweet jesus that thread is filled with freaking retards.

 

[brianmanahan]

Oh sweet jesus that thread is filled with freaking retards.

that's what makes it so great! :awe:

 

[twinrider1]

Artificial gills. Triton lives!

 

[DrPizza]

What do gills have to do with dolphins and whales? Neither of them have gills.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2476308
My reply was a parody of replies in that thread. But, I quoted the post that had the answer to the OP's question, so that people would know better than to think I was serious.

However, it is also possible that some 4th grader, somewhere, will ask the same question to Google or some other search engine, find this thread, and for his class presentation, inform all the other 4th graders that dolphins and whales have gills that they use to breath while they're sleeping.

 

[Chapbass]

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-whales-and-dolphin

That was actually an interesting read, thanks!