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Great Tit Telomeres, Baby Talk, Brainy Birds

10,000 Birds

Third, which we already suspected, bird brains are adjusted to provide extra smartness in a way not seen in mammals. Bird, at least the ones that fly, can’t afford this kind of waste, so bird brains have evolved to be much more efficient than mammal brains. City Great Tit ( Parus major ) telomeres shortened.

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