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Nature: Archy was bird brain

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nator
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10-18-2004 9:44 AM 		Reply to: Message 13 by Dr Jack
10-18-2004 9:26 AM

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But, Buz, dinosaurs are famous for their rather small brains - if these Edonic serpents are indeed dinosaurs wouldn't they therfore have lower, rather than higher, mental capacity?
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Yeah, didn't several of the really huge dinosaurs have sort of "second brains"; ganglia of nerves close to their hind legs and tails to facilitate coordinated movement?
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10-19-2004 10:59 AM 		Reply to: Message 15 by Dr Jack
10-18-2004 9:53 AM

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They're not really 'brains' - more kind of booster stations.
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Yeah, ganglia.
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