Wait til they make a rat bicycle, that'll break the Internet.
Seriously though, I wonder if they drive to please the researchers (to any degree).
Rats learned to drive
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#32Full video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08G8u7sk2Jo
A different one, in a home environment:
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#33This reminded me of the orangutan driving a golf cart: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DJsn1QivbKM He has mastered it. He clearly understands the concept of roads vs sidewalks. He can drive using one hand. And most importantly, he obviously has a great time doing that.
I don't think we've evolved very far from apes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHODo_jIPo4
Humans and apes are equally evolved
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#34reminds me of this classic
https://www.amazon.com/Mouse-Motorcycle-Ralph-Book-ebook/dp/...
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#35Fish can drive cars too. https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/goldfish-driving-1.6309485 >>> Surprisingly, it doesn't take the fish a long time to learn how to drive the vehicle. They're confused at first. They don't know what's going on. But they're very quick to realize that there is a correlation between their movement and the movement of the machine that they're in.
My armchair biologist thought is to wonder if there's a common thread of balancing (on water currents, air currents, slippery surfaces, etc) that translates into fairly easily understanding how to direct vehicles.
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#36This reminded me of the orangutan driving a golf cart: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DJsn1QivbKM He has mastered it. He clearly understands the concept of roads vs sidewalks. He can drive using one hand. And most importantly, he obviously has a great time doing that.
I don't think we've evolved very far from apes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHODo_jIPo4
Humans are apes.
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#37This reminded me of the orangutan driving a golf cart: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DJsn1QivbKM He has mastered it. He clearly understands the concept of roads vs sidewalks. He can drive using one hand. And most importantly, he obviously has a great time doing that.
Or dogs skateboarding, leaning into the curve of the roads. https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=dog+skating&iax=videos&ia=v...
Maybe skateboards are just instinctual. Anyways, here's a tiny turtle on a skateboard.
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#38Really enjoyed this article. Longevity and health increasingly seems to be intrinsically tied to planning for better things, hoping for better things and enjoying the process.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Or dogs skateboarding, leaning into the curve of the roads. https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=dog+skating&iax=videos&ia=v...
Maybe skateboards are just instinctual. Anyways, here's a tiny turtle on a skateboard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVbtAYPSapw
Instinctual is not the description I'd personally agree on, I mean just look at this