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Did you guys know that chickens
are made out of magic?

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Hey guys!

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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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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 vestibulo-ocular reflex

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It's the ability that chickens use

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to stabilize their vision
while their body moves.

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Allow me to demonstrate.

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Stare at this eye

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while 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 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 ourself
enough time

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to process the retinal image,

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therefore, giving us blurry vision.

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We stabilize our vision

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through maintaining 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
ocular motor control as us.

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So, they have evolved the muscles
in their neck and their head

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to stabilize 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

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when you move them around,

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because chickens have that long neck!

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Allright, well, I'll see
you, hairy mammals, tomorrow.

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Be sure to check out 
the other episodes over here,

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and don't forget to subscribe!

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Ill see ya!

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Bye!!!

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I want to know 
what your favorite animal eye is.

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Mine is the chameleon.