[HappaGuy]

Seems some Tigerfish are good for late night company.

Check out this link:
SOURCE:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21320494/

9:09 AM 10/21/07
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TITLE: If it's any consolation, fish get insomnia too
Mutant gene disrupts sleep patterns in a way similar to humans

Updated: 5:46 a.m. PT Oct 16, 2007

LOS ANGELES - Fish might not have eyelids, but they do sleep, and some suffer from insomnia, scientists reported on Monday.

California scientists studying sleep disorders in humans found that some zebrafish, a common aquarium pet, have a mutant gene that disrupts their sleep patterns in a way similar to insomnia in humans.
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The mutant fish lacked a working receptor for hypocretin, a neuropeptide that is secreted in normal fish by neurons in the region of the brain that controls hunger, sex and other basic behaviors.
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The study was published in Tuesday's edition of the Public Library of Science-Biology.

Probably worth looking up that study, and other clinical research on hypocretin.

So, all my late night companions, my fellow starlight sentinels, we have oceans of company in our predawn hours.

Still, I'd rather just sleep. Wouldn't you?