For many animals sleep is a social activity, but it's usually studied as an individual process

ScienceDaily
Sep 5, 2024, 12:08 pm55 pts
Group sleeping can impact when animals sleep, how long they sleep for, and how deeply they sleep. For example, groups of meerkats time their sleep according to 'sleep traditions'; olive baboons sleep less when their group size increases; bumblebees suppress sleep in the presence of offspring; and co-sleeping…

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