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Bird neurons use three times less glucose than mammalian neurons
Birds have impressive cognitive abilities and show a high level of intelligence. Compared to mammals of about the same size, the brains of birds also contain many more neurons. Now a new study reported in Current Biology on September 8 helps to explain how birds can afford to maintain more brain cells: their neurons get by on less fuel in the form of glucose.
(phys.org)
1. bird brains (no pun intended) use 1/3 the glucose mammalian brains do
2. the neurons are packed tighter, are smaller
"the neurons consume less glucose—this could have been expected by differences in the size of their neurons," says Kaya von Eugen of Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. "But the magnitude of difference is so large that the size difference cannot be the only contributing factor"
birds are our cognitive superiors
they have more advanced CPUs
@benroyce @falseknees
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@benroyce @falseknees
So mammal brains are Intel, bird brains are RISC...yeah but all birds do with their more advanced brains is just sing all day
so clearly they are not...
no, wait, holy shit
that means they really are smarter than us
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Any other link apart from the mastodon bot that is not a social danger to an early teen?
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yeah but all birds do with their more advanced brains is just sing all day
so clearly they are not...
no, wait, holy shit
that means they really are smarter than us
@benroyce @leeloo @falseknees dude, I watched a bluejay try to raid a junco nest yesterday and the robins stepped in and were the biggest badass bouncers you could ever imagine. I thought crows were tough but these robins... they're like knights of the round table out here
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Bird neurons use three times less glucose than mammalian neurons
Birds have impressive cognitive abilities and show a high level of intelligence. Compared to mammals of about the same size, the brains of birds also contain many more neurons. Now a new study reported in Current Biology on September 8 helps to explain how birds can afford to maintain more brain cells: their neurons get by on less fuel in the form of glucose.
(phys.org)
1. bird brains (no pun intended) use 1/3 the glucose mammalian brains do
2. the neurons are packed tighter, are smaller
"the neurons consume less glucose—this could have been expected by differences in the size of their neurons," says Kaya von Eugen of Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. "But the magnitude of difference is so large that the size difference cannot be the only contributing factor"
birds are our cognitive superiors
they have more advanced CPUs
@benroyce @falseknees totally agree, but then, two of my 3 key spirit animals are birds (owl and woodpecker) and my IQ is up there in the sky as well, so...
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@benroyce @leeloo @falseknees dude, I watched a bluejay try to raid a junco nest yesterday and the robins stepped in and were the biggest badass bouncers you could ever imagine. I thought crows were tough but these robins... they're like knights of the round table out here
@tamarasellman @leeloo @falseknees
and corvids return the favor up the size ladder
i mean on the issue of intelligence: we figured out how to ride horses
how terrifying would it be to see a bunch of eagles on the horizon ridden by crows?
give it a few millennia of evolution...
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@benroyce @leeloo @falseknees dude, I watched a bluejay try to raid a junco nest yesterday and the robins stepped in and were the biggest badass bouncers you could ever imagine. I thought crows were tough but these robins... they're like knights of the round table out here
@tamarasellman @benroyce @leeloo @falseknees I have seen a robin snatch a wolf spider and eat it whole...
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@benroyce @falseknees totally agree, but then, two of my 3 key spirit animals are birds (owl and woodpecker) and my IQ is up there in the sky as well, so...
you're a bird brain! in the most complementary sense
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Stop avianmorphizing me! -
Bird neurons use three times less glucose than mammalian neurons
Birds have impressive cognitive abilities and show a high level of intelligence. Compared to mammals of about the same size, the brains of birds also contain many more neurons. Now a new study reported in Current Biology on September 8 helps to explain how birds can afford to maintain more brain cells: their neurons get by on less fuel in the form of glucose.
(phys.org)
1. bird brains (no pun intended) use 1/3 the glucose mammalian brains do
2. the neurons are packed tighter, are smaller
"the neurons consume less glucose—this could have been expected by differences in the size of their neurons," says Kaya von Eugen of Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. "But the magnitude of difference is so large that the size difference cannot be the only contributing factor"
birds are our cognitive superiors
they have more advanced CPUs
@benroyce @falseknees
Makes ya wonder about how we always criticize the non-avian dinosaurs for having had small brains. Maybe theirs were on a par with the avians. Being a large predator, like a t-rex, would require some brain power. -
@tamarasellman @leeloo @falseknees
and corvids return the favor up the size ladder
i mean on the issue of intelligence: we figured out how to ride horses
how terrifying would it be to see a bunch of eagles on the horizon ridden by crows?
give it a few millennia of evolution...
@benroyce @tamarasellman @leeloo @falseknees
Whoah! Ben, you've just described the next blockbuster movie!
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@benroyce @falseknees
Makes ya wonder about how we always criticize the non-avian dinosaurs for having had small brains. Maybe theirs were on a par with the avians. Being a large predator, like a t-rex, would require some brain power.the #evolution of any animal is always rewarding any mutation that cuts down on energy use. that will drive smaller more efficient brains like with birds
but us humans are weirdos in that we instead made bigger brains that use a lot of calories, but we used those bigger brains to hack the natural world and deliver us massive amounts of calories
we're the " #AI #dataCenter" model for evolution 🥴
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the #evolution of any animal is always rewarding any mutation that cuts down on energy use. that will drive smaller more efficient brains like with birds
but us humans are weirdos in that we instead made bigger brains that use a lot of calories, but we used those bigger brains to hack the natural world and deliver us massive amounts of calories
we're the " #AI #dataCenter" model for evolution 🥴
@benroyce @qurlyjoe @falseknees
agent smith sez we're a virus.
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@benroyce @qurlyjoe @falseknees
agent smith sez we're a virus.
@saltywizard @qurlyjoe @falseknees
we really are. we're a scourge. we break the natural world's dictum of "use only what you need and save your energy"
we're like "nah we're going to waste like crazy and consume like crazy"
and that fucking worked
...so far
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@benroyce @tamarasellman @leeloo @falseknees
Whoah! Ben, you've just described the next blockbuster movie!
@oldclumsy_nowmad @tamarasellman @leeloo @falseknees
i made an appointment at a hollywood studio
you and i are going to pitch our movie idea together
the pitch is going to be simple:
i say
"planet of the apes"
then you say
"but with birds"
they'll write us a check on the spot for $300 million dollars to make it
🤭
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the #evolution of any animal is always rewarding any mutation that cuts down on energy use. that will drive smaller more efficient brains like with birds
but us humans are weirdos in that we instead made bigger brains that use a lot of calories, but we used those bigger brains to hack the natural world and deliver us massive amounts of calories
we're the " #AI #dataCenter" model for evolution 🥴
@benroyce @qurlyjoe @falseknees Big brains are no fun to fly around with.
Homo Naledi was also getting smaller brains, on their way back into the trees. Perhaps to have faster response times between the branches, who will tell? Too bad that was a dead end as well. -
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@falseknees What happens when you try...
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@saltywizard @qurlyjoe @falseknees
we really are. we're a scourge. we break the natural world's dictum of "use only what you need and save your energy"
we're like "nah we're going to waste like crazy and consume like crazy"
and that fucking worked
...so far
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the #evolution of any animal is always rewarding any mutation that cuts down on energy use. that will drive smaller more efficient brains like with birds
but us humans are weirdos in that we instead made bigger brains that use a lot of calories, but we used those bigger brains to hack the natural world and deliver us massive amounts of calories
we're the " #AI #dataCenter" model for evolution 🥴
@benroyce @falseknees
“we're the " #AI #dataCenter" model for evolution”
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@qurlyjoe @benroyce @falseknees
<dissonant chord emoji>
