It feels like time for something on the humorous side so I will turn to a couple of the Ig Nobel Prize winners for this year. The prize for biology was shared this year,Thomas Thwaites won for living as a goat for three days,he made plastic hooves for his "four legs",wore a helmet for head butting and dined on grass. The co-winner,Charles Foster lived as a badger,an otter,a fox,a red deer and a swift. He claims that humans don't make use of their five senses as much as animals do. Humans only use vision according to Foster leaving us with only 20% of the overall information available to our senses. Personally I think he is way off on this,I use smell as much if not more than vision and taste is up there as well,hearing and touch not so much. Both men have books available about their experiences if you want to learn more,"GoatMan:How I Took a Holiday From Being Human" and "Being a Beast".
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