Benefits
Many species of birds and marine mammals have advantages due to the capability to undergo unihemispheric slow-wave sleep including, but not limited to, an increased chance of the evasion of potential predators and the ability to sleep during migration. Unihemispheric sleep aids in the visual vigilance of the environment, the preservation of movement, and in cetaceans, the controlling of the respiratory system.
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