Sleeping
by Nick Boren
Title
Sleeping
Artist
Nick Boren
Medium
Photograph - Nikon Digital Image
Description
This is a sleeping male mallard duck.
I recently found out that when they sleep, they sleep with one open eye, which makes the ducks leave half of their brains awake. This phenomenon is known as "single hemisphere".
As a result, ducks can sleep with half of their brain at a time while the other half stays wary of potential predators.
I find this very facinating!
The Fine Art America watermark will be removed before the print is sent to any potential buyers. Thank You.
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May 5th, 2022
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Comments (7)
Linda Howes
What a great close up with great detail Nick! learned something new also!
Nick Boren replied:
Thank you for the nice comment Linda, and I'm glad you learned something new! ;-)
Nick Boren
Thank you Nina for featuring my mallard duck image in your Art It Is Good For You group. I appreciate it! :-)
Nick Boren
Thank you Sharon for featuring my mallard image in your Birds of the World group. I appreciate it! :-)
Angie Mossburg
That's so beautiful! Great clarity and I really enjoyed reading the description - I had no clue! l/f
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