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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 Well this isn't fair. Now I want to upgrade my own CPU to the smaller process, but no upgrade package seems to be available.
Hey mad scientists out there, what are you even doing?
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@falseknees This reminds me of a fiction story I am writing about corvids that form communities and villages
