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Today, you’ll learn about hidden consciousness in comatose patients, the eerie secret glowing language of frogs, and the mysterious blinking of race car drivers.  

Comatose Consciousness  

• “Source of Hidden Consciousness in ‘Comatose’ Brain Injury Patients Found.” Columbia University. 2023.  
• “Injury patterns associated with cognitive motor dissociation.” by Eva Franzova, et al. 2023.  

Glowing Frogs  

• “Many frogs glow in blue light, and it may be a secret, eerie language.” by Jake Buehler. 2023.  
• “Evidence for ecological tuning of novel anuran biofluorescent signals.” by Courtney Whitcher, et al. 2023.  
• “Naturally occurring fluorescence in frogs.” by Carlos Taboada, et al. 2017.  
• “Ultraviolet fluorescence discovered in New World flying squirrels (Glaucomys).” by Allison M Kohler, et al. 2019.  
• “Salamanders and other amphibians are aglow with biofluorescence.” by Jennifer Y Lamb & Matthew P Davis. 2020.  

Race Car Blinks  

• “Race car drivers usually blink at the same places in each lap.” by Darren Incorvaia. 2023.  
• “Why You Blink Your Eyes.” by Troy Bedinghaus, OD. 2023.  

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