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Scientists make VR goggles for mice so they can feel what it is like to be attacked by a bird (news.sky.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why would any mouse buy this? What a bad product it should simulate finding cheese.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Thrill seekers. Like humans watching horror movies.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I'm imagining scientists putting this on a mouse and then being like "Ha, he shit himself, he actually thought he was going to die! Now play him the Cats movie, that'll really fuck with his head."