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[-] youCanCallMeDragon@lemmy.world 45 points 11 months ago

You’re supposed to reevaluate brain size as a measure of intelligence. The expression “bird brain” is so outdated we need to stop using it. Bird neurons are significantly smaller than ours, so they can fit a lot more brain in a smaller volume.

While you’re at it, you should probably reevaluate everything about intelligence and memory because apparently jellyfish have memories despite having no brain or ganglia of any kind.

[-] kaesaecracker@leminal.space 8 points 11 months ago

Also some insects dissolve in their cocoons to a handful of cells and yet still maintain memories from their larva stage

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