The Dolphin's Vestibular Sense

This week’s episode reveals how dolphins manage to spend their entire lives in an aquatic environment (an almost zero gravity environment) without ever getting seasick or dizzy. It’s all thanks to some important evolutionary changes to their vestibular sense – one of the most important, and often overlooked, of the senses. Learn all about the vestibular sense in this week’s episode.

• Transcript of this episode :: Read a transcript of this week's episode with web links
• The vestibular sense :: A fantastic website with a detailed overview of the vestibular sense

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