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This fast-living marsupial chooses sex over sleep — and dies young

Male antechinus make the most of their single breeding season by forgoing shut-eye.
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  1. Sara Reardon

    1. Sara Reardon is a freelance journalist based in Bozeman, Montana.

Lustful male marsupials sacrifice their sleep for weeks to make more time for mating1.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00177-7

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  1. Zaid, E. et al. Curr. Biol. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.12.064 (2024).

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