Conventional Medicine for Parkinson's Disease. Symptoms of Parkinsonâs disease can often be effectively controlled for years with medication. Levodopa -- also called L-dopa -- is the drug most often prescribed. The body metabolizes it to produce dopamine.
Giraffes sleep between ten minutes and two hours in a 24-hour period, averaging about 2 hours per day. Since an adult giraffe would make a good supper for a lion on the African plain, theyâve evolved some very interesting sleep patterns.
10. How long do koalas sleep in a day? Koalas sleep approx. 18 hours out of 24. This is an evolutionary strategy to conserve their energy as the eucalypt leaf is so low in nutrients/energy value. 11. How many leaves do koalas eat each day? Koalas eat at all times but mostly in the early morning and early evening and during each day consume approximately half a kilogram of leaves. 12. How many types of eucalypt leaves do koalas eat? There are approx. 900 species of eucalypt in Australia â koalas are known to feed on approx. 40-50 species depending on locality. Of this 40-50 they prefer to limit their diet to about 10.