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How is a Chicken like a Mercedes-Benz?

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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)
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How is a Chicken like a Mercedes-Benz?
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