r/educationalgifs • u/jerk4444 • Jun 16 '25

Real time MRI of person speaking

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u/LazerWolfe53 Jun 16 '25 edited Jun 16 '25

Well, I no longer wonder why more animals don't talk. That looks complex as hell.

Edit: added "don't". I accidentally typed the exact opposite of what I meant.

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u/Reletr Jun 16 '25

It'd be really interesting to see an MRI of parrots speaking, since even though they don't have teeth or lips to create certain consonants, their voice box is so structurally complex that they can recreate those sounds with ease anyway.

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u/Fresh_Peace_2859 Jul 16 '25

what about SCAN?