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		bemusedthrow75 on Feb 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tiny quadrotor learns to fly in 18 seconds Are our heads actually unusually big, for a mammal scaled to our size? I've often wondered about this. Especially for a mammal with front-facing eyes.

ip26 on Feb 10, 2024 [–]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain–body_mass_ratio

It's interesting to note our peers in this regard. Mice have a two-piece pelvis, and dolphins have no pelvis at all.

bemusedthrow75 on Feb 10, 2024 | [–]

OMG of course there's a wikipedia page for it!

Thank you :-)

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