Virtually Reality

Today we’re talking about virtual reality, but ditch those computer goggles and just listen with your brain meats, because we’re talking about a more organic, squishy form of virtual reality. What happens when the human or animal brain takes some creative license? Or when your own hand rebels against you? Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: if you call a fish four-eyes, is that science or just bullying? With special guest Anna Salinas.

FOOTNOTES:

1. Find your blindspot
2. Blindspot studies
3. Rats can move each eye independently
4. Experience rat vision!
5. Pacific barreleye fish's transparent head!
6. The brownsnout spookfish's four eyes
7. The brownsnout spookfish looking like some kind of fake Jim Henson puppet 
8. Kitty with possible signs of phantom limb
9. Crab self-amputating to escape gull
10. Mirror therapy reorganizes brain
11. Can animals understand mirrors?
12. What happens when you poke the fusiform gyrus
13. Horses hold grudges
14. You aren't crazy, dogs ham it up just for you
15. Wasps know a friendly face
16. Bee orchid trying to seduce bees with sexy bee shape
17. Monkey orchids
18. Beautiful crab spider mimics flower
19. The completely unreal looking orchid mantis

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