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Re:Three reasons fungi are not plants by gus_massa on Monday January 18, 2021 @02:01PM (#25825231)
Oysters have a central nervous system, with three ganglia: http://www.manandmollusc.net/advanced_introduction/bivalve_n...

If you look carefully, it is very similar to the neural system in any bilateral https://www.britannica.com/science/nervous-system/Diffuse-ne... . It is twisted following the deformation of the body inside the shell. Compare it with https://entomology.unl.edu/charts/nervous.shtml

In our central nervous system one of the ganglia grow tooooooo much. Moreover, the olfactory part of it grow tooooooooooooooooooooooooo much.

Re:Three reasons fungi are not plants by Florin_Andrei on Monday January 18, 2021 @03:01PM (#25825918)
Freshwater hydra are probably closer to a topology that was never truly centralized.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra_(genus)#Nervous_system

Re:Three reasons fungi are not plants by ahartmetz on Monday January 18, 2021 @03:57PM (#25826542)
Now we know(?) why smells are so directly wired to emotions