{"id":9470,"date":"2011-08-08T03:00:55","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T08:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/?p=9470"},"modified":"2011-08-08T03:00:55","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T08:00:55","slug":"the-wise-gyroscope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/9470","title":{"rendered":"The Wise Gyroscope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object class=\"embed\" width=\"425\" height=\"264\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" \ndata=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/k6M-h5g3PwI?fs=1\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/k6M-h5g3PwI?fs=1\" \/><em>You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video<\/em><\/object><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Abstract: Owls have a curious variability in the postrotatory head nystagmus following abrupt angular deceleration. Owls can exhibit a remarkable head stability during angular movement of the body about any axis passing through the skull. The vestibular apparatus in the owl is bigger than in man, and a prominent crista neglecta is present. The tectorial membrane, the cupula, and the otolithic membranes of the utricle, saccule and lagena are all &#8220;attached&#8221; to surfaces in addition to the surfaces bearing hair cells; these attachments are very substantial in the utricular otolithic membrane and in the cupula.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I want to say <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/9406\">side-fumbling<\/a> is almost completely eliminated, but I will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/science\/punctuated-equilibrium\/2011\/aug\/06\/1\">link to the story<\/a> instead.<\/p>\n<p>Previously we have seen <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/4770\">chicken-head stability<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bonus:  slo-mo landing<\/p>\n<p><object class=\"embed\" width=\"425\" height=\"264\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" \ndata=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/37MNE8tOBG4?fs=1\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/37MNE8tOBG4?fs=1\" \/><em>You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video<\/em><\/object> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Abstract: Owls have a curious variability in the postrotatory head nystagmus following abrupt angular deceleration. Owls can exhibit a remarkable head stability during angular movement of the body &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/9470\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,35,39,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-body","category-other-science","category-physics","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}