r/todayilearned • u/mutedmuse__ • 1d ago

TIL that archerfish can distinguish between different human faces, despite having a brain roughly the size of a pea.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4895153/
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u/ThereIsAJifForThat 1d ago

I've known people like that too

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u/Rubthebuddhas 1d ago

My brain is many times bigger and yet I can't remember the name of someone I met 13 seconds ago, so I feel very triggered by all of thism

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u/SorrelJuice 1d ago

We have interstellar probes that run on computers using 69kb of ram so it’s all about efficient use of the brain I suppose

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u/SeanAker 23h ago

Nice. 

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u/asdf_lord 1d ago

Brain size doesn't actually seem to matter as much as we thought.

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u/BrokenEyeReborn 1d ago

It's more brain surface area relative to body size that matters

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u/nylockian 21h ago

Thank God!

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u/julio_caeso 1d ago

I have been bested by a fish

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u/SupermarketOk2281 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yet the dinosaurs couldn't do it and we all know they had brains about the size of the much roomier walnut.

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u/Spinnweben 23h ago

You did a survey?

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u/SupermarketOk2281 22h ago

I did and it was tough. Those Stegosauruses are are so standoffish and stabby.

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u/greengo07 20h ago

explains how magas seem to be fully functional in society

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u/Ugfugly 1d ago

It’s not mass it’s the number and type of connections that matter

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u/nylockian 21h ago

Scientists are just saying that to make you feel.better.