'Conviction (1)'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I think with birds that light entering through the skull can effect sleep, so painting the head blocks the light and changes the sleep patterns.
Tangentially, I vaguely remember a study where it was discovered we have photoreceptors on the backs of our knees. Which I find hilarious.
Bear in mind though, that I'm not an Ornithologist, I only play one on the Internet.
I've heard that light on the back of the knee thing. As a remedy for jet lag, I think. It was too strange for me to pursue, though.
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This internet thingy is useful in making sure you aren't just imagining things.
This internet thingy is useful in making sure you aren't just imagining things.
That must be why Bush uses the internets instead.
What I want to know is why someone even thought to try this in the first place.
Well....according to the professor, he was testing a theory that animals react to sunlight absorbed through specific parts of their bodies. But it sounded suspiciously like the study had been invented after a bunch of sleep specialist grad students had shaved all the birds in the lab on a drunken bet.
Not anymore. At least not down here. Completely overcast.
I like overcast. And it's the perfect temperature. Don't wanna be inside.
But it sounded suspiciously like the study had been invented after a bunch of sleep specialist grad students had shaved all the birds in the lab on a drunken bet.
How drunk do you have to be to decide that shaving birds is a good idea? My guess is that other drugs were involved.
How drunk do you have to be to decide that shaving birds is a good idea? My guess is that other drugs were involved.
Also, I've never heard of shaving feathers. Maybe that's why it happened - they wanted to see if they could.
Poor birdies.
But it sounded suspiciously like the study had been invented after a bunch of sleep specialist grad students had shaved all the birds in the lab on a drunken bet.
Actually, this is how most scientific advancements are made. It took a lot of drunken bets to put a man on the moon.
You guys make me laugh on a stressful workday.