Orangutans nap to make up for lost sleep, new study reveals

Anybody who has ever struggled to get enough sleep knows just how much in life can interfere with our rest, and just how detrimental this can be to our health and happiness. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and the University of Konstanz in Germany, in collaboration with scientists at the Universitas Nasional in Indonesia, have found that some of our closest living relatives, orangutans, face similar issues, and have a very familiar coping strategy: napping.