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

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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:<ol>
<li><a href="https://io9.gizmodo.com/why-every-human-has-a-blind-spot-and-how-to-find-your-5804116">Find your blindspot</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mind-the-gap/">Blindspot studies</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.mpg.de/7269965/rats-overhead-binocular-field">Rats can move each eye independently</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5YFxobAfMM">Experience rat vision!</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zoygy-8PTtU">Pacific barreleye fish's transparent head!</a></li>
<li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7815540.stm">The brownsnout spookfish's four eyes</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.fishbase.se/photos/PicturesSummary.php?ID=9121&amp;what=species">The brownsnout spookfish looking like some kind of fake Jim Henson puppet </a></li>
<li><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4f/Cat_with_phantom_forelimb.webmhd.webm/Cat_with_phantom_forelimb.webmhd.webm.480p.vp9.webm">Kitty with possible signs of phantom limb</a></li>
<li><a href="%20https://io9.gizmodo.com/badass-warrior-crab-amputates-its-own-claw-on-the-battl-5882245">Crab self-amputating to escape gull</a></li>
<li><a href="https://irp.nih.gov/blog/post/2019/07/mirror-therapy-alters-brain-response-in-phantom-limb-patients">Mirror therapy reorganizes brain</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/02/what-do-animals-see-in-the-mirror/516348/">Can animals understand mirrors?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2012/10/identifying-brains-own-facial-recognition-system">What happens when you poke the fusiform gyrus</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(18)30364-6.pdf">Horses hold grudges</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/19/dogs-have-pet-facial-expressions-to-use-on-humans-study-finds">You aren't crazy, dogs ham it up just for you</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/12/111202-wasps-people-faces-recognition-insects-science-animals/">Wasps know a friendly face</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-in-norfolk/species-explorer/plants/bee-orchid">Bee orchid trying to seduce bees with sexy bee shape</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.orchidsplus.com/monkey-orchid-facts/">Monkey orchids</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg4rRzS_gSg">Beautiful crab spider mimics flower</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdfGCscTMak">The completely unreal looking orchid mantis</a></li>
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We take a critter’s eye view to explore how animal behavior parallels humans. Join comedians and science-lovers as we get inside the minds of animals

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Virtually Reality

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