Light Pollution Keeps Magpies and Pigeons Tossing and Turning (IMAGE)

University of Melbourne

Light Pollution Keeps Magpies and Pigeons Tossing and Turning

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Study found both magpies and pigeons average 10 hours of sleep per night with magpies losing more NREM sleep under white light than amber light. Pigeons on the other hand lost around 4 hours of sleep under both white and amber light.

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Photographer Doug Gimesy

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