Alie Ward

Ariel Van Zandt had a great question.

Are animal defenses done consciously or are they automatic or both?

Well, a bunch of people wanted to know, Mark Rubin, Emily Krieger, Brooke A., Ann Over, Mini Mini, Cool Next Door, First Time Question Asker, Mashed Tatos, wanted to know, what are some modern human physiological responses or artifacts of defense mechanisms from our ape ancestors?

Is it mostly just hiding, climbing, outwitting?

you can thank a little nut-shaped chunk of your brain called the amygdala for your fear and stress response.

I like to call it your screaming almond of terror.

And to learn more about anxiety and stress and how to fight it, you can see our widely loved fearology episodes with Dr. Mary Poffenroth, who also just wrote the book Brave New You, Strategies, Tools, and Neurohacks to Live More Courageously Every Day.

She's amazing.

Everyone loves her.

brains.

Have you ever been attacked by something you've studied?

Okay, so the recipe is from Ted.

Ready?

32 ounces of 3% hydrogen peroxide.

That's a quart.

One third of a cup of baking soda and a tablespoon of liquid dish soap.

So you need to mix this up as soon as you can.

You got to get rid of it the faster, the better.

And you got to make a fresh batch of this stuff each time you need it because it doesn't keep well.

So you take this mixture, you scrub it thoroughly into your pet's fur or your...