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Re:Parrots pack twice as many neurons as primate brains of t... by make3 on Monday March 30, 2026 @12:51PM (#47576740)
it's funny because domesticated cats have much more developed frontal cortexes than their ancestors & it would be one of the things that feral cats lose to genetic drift (meaning, no conservation pressure in the wild). whatever boring stuff we have them do is apparently extremely mentally taxing compared to the wild.
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Re:Parrots pack twice as many neurons as primate brains of t... by SoftTalker on Monday March 30, 2026 @01:15PM (#47577048)
Social interaction may take more mental capacity than hunting and surviving?
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Re:Parrots pack twice as many neurons as primate brains of t... by make3 on Monday March 30, 2026 @04:28PM (#47579319)
they also need to understand human behavior a little bit I guess, & that's pretty complicated (so not just social, social of humans specifically)
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Re:Parrots pack twice as many neurons as primate brains of t... by soopypoos on Monday March 30, 2026 @06:09PM (#47580344)
"Your Pet Cat Has a Smaller Brain Than Its Wild Ancestors"

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cat-brains-have-sh...

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Re:Parrots pack twice as many neurons as primate brains of t... by nandomrumber on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @12:07AM (#47582636)
more developed frontal cortexes

And smaller brains

Aren’t mutually exclusive

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Re:Parrots pack twice as many neurons as primate brains of t... by soopypoos on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @07:34PM (#47594879)
Yeah it probably shrank as it developed
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