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#121753 - Thu Jul 25 2002 11:00 AM And you thought YOU were smart!!!!
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Did you know that the Sperm Whale has the largest brain of all living things in the world? I think that it weighs about a ton or close to that any-way.
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#121754 - Thu Jul 25 2002 11:06 AM Re: And you thought YOU were smart!!!!
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#121755 - Fri Jul 26 2002 01:18 AM Re: And you thought YOU were smart!!!!
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Perhaps when people called me a whale it wasn't always an insult and they were actually complimenting my intelligence?

(edited ... but not my spelling!!)





Edited by copago (Fri Jul 26 2002 01:20 AM)

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#121756 - Fri Aug 02 2002 08:29 PM Re: And you thought YOU were smart!!!!
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So the sperm whale has the largest brain, as in size. That does not mean it has the highest level of intelligence. It is possible for a human being with a small brain that has a mind capability higher than a person with a big brain.
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#121757 - Sat Aug 10 2002 02:49 AM Re: And you thought YOU were smart!!!!
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hmmmmm if I had a brain I'd put in my input, but I'll just sit over in the corner and stare at the walls.....
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#121758 - Tue Aug 20 2002 02:48 PM Re: And you thought YOU were smart!!!!
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#121759 - Fri Aug 23 2002 02:30 PM Re: And you thought YOU were smart!!!!
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The Sperm whale's brain weighs far less than a ton. The sperm whale has the heaviest brain: about 17.2 pounds (7.82 kilograms). Elephants do pretty well too: about 16.5
pounds for an African elephant. A human, on the average, has a measly 3.3-pound brain.

http://www.wonderquest.com/heaviest-brain.htm

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