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Did you guys know that

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chickens are made out of magic?

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(intro music)

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Hey guys! So is a Mercedes-Benz like a chicken?

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or is a chicken like a Mercades-Benz?

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Confused?

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Watch this.

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(music)

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Its a new Mercedes-Benz ad

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which features a new stabilization system

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as advanced as a chicken's head.

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These chickens are demonstrating their

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Vestibulo-ocular reflex

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It's the ability that chickens use

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to stabilize their vision while their

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body moves!

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Allow me to demonstrate.

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Stare at this eye while

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moving your head around in circles

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like a crazy person.

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What did you notice?

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While your head moves every which way,

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your eyes stayed in relatively

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the same position.

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this is how we stabilize our eyes

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in order to process an image.

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light shines through our pupil

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into the retina in the back of our eye.

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creating a retinal image.

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If our eyes move too quickly,

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we do not give our eyes enough time to

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process the retinal image.

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Therefore, giving us blurry vision.

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We stabilize our vision through maintaining

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our eye position

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and chickens stabilize their vision

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through maintaining their head position.

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chickens don't have the same

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ocular motor control as us

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so, they have evolved the muscles

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in their neck and their head

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to stabalize what they see.

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Not only do birds have stabilized heads,

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but other animals do too, like cats.

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It just doesn't look as cool when you move them around

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cause chickens have that long neck!

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Alright, well I'll see you

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hairy mammals tomorrow.

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Be sure to check out the other

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episodes over here,

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and don't forget to subscribe!

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Ill see ya!

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Byeeee

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I wanna know what your favorite

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animal eye is!

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Mine is the chameleon.

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(foot steps)