Whales and Dolphins Have Big Brains

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[Fact Off]

Cetacean brains staying warm

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-84762-0

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-whale-dolphin-brains-specialfor-production.html

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-whale-dolphin-brains-lots.html

Brain blood flow measuring device

https://www.npr.org/2014/08/17/340906546/the-machine-that-tried-to-scan-the-brain-in-1882

https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/137/2/634/284537?login=true

https://www.umassmed.edu/strokestop/modules/module-3-the-blood-supply-of-the-brain/brain-circulation/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5536794/

https://www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/divisions/fmrib/what-is-fmri/introduction-to-fmri

[Ask the Science Couch]

Brain evolution

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128311-800-a-brief-history-of-the-brain/

https://www.karger.com/Article/Fulltext/320218

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3873165/

https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-3-540-29678-2_3154

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2614228/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/worm-discovery-brain-evolution/

[Butt One More Thing]

Bony-eared assfish smallest vertebrate brain

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/20270929_Acanthonus_armatus_a_Deep-Sea_Teleost_Fish_with_a_Minute_Brain_and_Large_Ears

https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Acanthonus-armatus.html

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.1987.0018

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