r/BeAmazed • u/CG_17_LIFE • Jul 09 '24

Science You should know;

Credit: thefeedski (On Instagram)

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u/Da_BizkiT Jul 09 '24

now do the same with cats

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u/Ok-Philosophy2573 Jul 09 '24

The challenge would be training 80 cats to lay still enough

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u/WillyDAFISH Jul 09 '24

To be fair, cats do sleep like over 15 hours a day. While they do move around a little while they sleep it's typically not too much

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u/fifabreeze Jul 09 '24

Yeah, but the point is to test how they react when they are awake... so being asleep wouldn't help the experiment much

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u/Kuuchuu Jul 09 '24

Just put some tape in the shape of a square in the middle of the MRI machine and they'll sit right in it.

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u/fifabreeze Jul 09 '24

that or a small parcel would work

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u/NamelessSquirrel Jul 09 '24

Or a computer keyboard

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u/zhaDeth Jul 10 '24

cardboard box

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u/ariesmartian Jul 10 '24

“Wow, every single cat lights up with serotonin when it enters the square!”

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u/WillyDAFISH Jul 09 '24

ohhh I didn't realize they needed to be awake

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u/Pottyshooter Jul 09 '24

Good fishy.