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‘Bird-brain’ & Proud! Study Shows Birds Are Brainier Than Monkeys

Finally there is an answer to why birds like parrots are so freakishly smart!

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Size does not matter.

Once and for all let’s put that debate out of the window. Current case in point, bird-brains.

The size of a parrot’s brain is the same as an unshelled walnut while that of the common monkey is as big as a lemon. Nonetheless, the parrot has more neurons in the area linked with intelligence in it’s tiny brain than a monkey!

Did you ever think that science would validate birds are freakishly more intelligent than primates? Clearly calling someone a ‘bird-brain’ is not a zinger of an insult it once used to be.

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