Exploring Dinosaur Intelligence and the Enigmatic Smalltooth Sawfish

Today, you’ll learn about how a simple walk through nature could make you want to eat healthier foods, a new finding that T.rexes might not have been as cognitively advanced as we thought, and the sheath that keeps sawfish from doing battle in the womb.  

Nature & Healthy Food   

• “Experiencing nature seems to have an important impact on food choices.” by Eric W. Dolan. 2024.  
• https://www.psypost.org/experiencing-nature-seems-to-have-an-important-impact-on-food-choices/ 
• “Experiencing nature leads to healthier food choices.” by Maria Langlois & Pierre Chandon. 2024.  
• https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-024-00072-x 

T.Rex Intelligence   

• “T. rex not as smart as previously claimed, scientists find.” University of Bristol. 2024.  
• https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2024/april/t-rex-not-as-smart.html 
• “How smart was T. rex? Testing claims of exceptional cognition in dinosaurs and the application of neuron count estimates in palaeontological research.” by Kai R. Caspar, et al.  
• https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25459 

Baby Sawfish  

• “A built-in pocket protector keeps sawfish from ‘sword fighting’ in the womb.” by Natalie van Hoose. 2024.  
• https://www.sciencenews.org/article/stops-sawfish-from-sword-fighting-womb 
• “Smalltooth Sawfish.” Oceana. N.d.  
• https://oceana.org/marine-life/smalltooth-sawfish/ 
• “Morphology, composition, and deterioration of the embryonic rostral sheath of the smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata).” by Gregg R. Poulakis, et al. 2024.  
• https://fisherybulletin.nmfs.noaa.gov/content/morphology-composition-and-deterioration-embryonic-rostral-sheath-smalltooth-sawfish 

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