Comments on: Ancient cold-blooded goat had tiny brain and eyes http://boingboing.net/2009/11/19/ancient-cold-blooded.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 02:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: eliba http://boingboing.net/2009/11/19/ancient-cold-blooded.html#comment-641809 eliba Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-641809 That is so NEAT. That is so NEAT.

]]> By: Lilith_Snow http://boingboing.net/2009/11/19/ancient-cold-blooded.html#comment-641824 Lilith_Snow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-641824 Leave. Cheyney. Alone!! Leave. Cheyney. Alone!!

]]> By: gabrielm http://boingboing.net/2009/11/19/ancient-cold-blooded.html#comment-641825 gabrielm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-641825 "the species inhabited the island for over five million years" and then the humans came along :( “the species inhabited the island for over five million years”
and then the humans came along :(

]]> By: scifijazznik http://boingboing.net/2009/11/19/ancient-cold-blooded.html#comment-641832 scifijazznik Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-641832 They must have been tasty. They must have been tasty.

]]> By: MrJM http://boingboing.net/2009/11/19/ancient-cold-blooded.html#comment-641851 MrJM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-641851 Humans: 1, Reptile Goats: 0 USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! Humans: 1, Reptile Goats: 0

USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!

]]> By: adamnvillani http://boingboing.net/2009/11/19/ancient-cold-blooded.html#comment-641853 adamnvillani Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-641853 Wow! Sounds kind of like koalas --- I just found out last week that because of their low-energy diet, their brains have atrophied and their cranial cavity is 40% filled with cerebro-spinal fluid. As Wikipedia sez: <i>the brain's two cerebral hemispheres are like "a pair of shrivelled walnut halves on top of the brain stem, in contact neither with each other nor the bones of the skull. It is the only animal on Earth with such a strangely reduced brain."</i> Wow! Sounds kind of like koalas — I just found out last week that because of their low-energy diet, their brains have atrophied and their cranial cavity is 40% filled with cerebro-spinal fluid. As Wikipedia sez:

the brain’s two cerebral hemispheres are like “a pair of shrivelled walnut halves on top of the brain stem, in contact neither with each other nor the bones of the skull. It is the only animal on Earth with such a strangely reduced brain.”

]]> By: Moriarty http://boingboing.net/2009/11/19/ancient-cold-blooded.html#comment-641855 Moriarty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-641855 I once had a boss like that. I once had a boss like that.

]]> By: dragonfrog http://boingboing.net/2009/11/19/ancient-cold-blooded.html#comment-641875 dragonfrog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-641875 <i>They also saved energy by having a brain half the size of hoofed mammals its own size, and its eyes were only a third of the size.</i> Interestingly, many modern holiday-makers on Majorca have adopted the same energy saving strategy. They also saved energy by having a brain half the size of hoofed mammals its own size, and its eyes were only a third of the size.

Interestingly, many modern holiday-makers on Majorca have adopted the same energy saving strategy.

]]> By: 13tales http://boingboing.net/2009/11/19/ancient-cold-blooded.html#comment-642398 13tales Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-642398 Friends, I propose that henceforth we refer to this marvellous creature as "Ol' Squinty" or possibly "Ol' Squinty-hooves" Friends, I propose that henceforth we refer to this marvellous creature as “Ol’ Squinty” or possibly “Ol’ Squinty-hooves”

]]> By: Santa's Knee http://boingboing.net/2009/11/19/ancient-cold-blooded.html#comment-641904 Santa's Knee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-641904 "And then came Maude..." “And then came Maude…”

]]> By: Witteveen http://boingboing.net/2009/11/19/ancient-cold-blooded.html#comment-641937 Witteveen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-641937 I, for one, welcome our horned cold-blooded overlords! I, for one, welcome our horned cold-blooded overlords!

]]> By: Santa's Knee http://boingboing.net/2009/11/19/ancient-cold-blooded.html#comment-641953 Santa's Knee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-641953 You should have said that back in 1980... You should have said that back in 1980…

]]> By: Witteveen http://boingboing.net/2009/11/19/ancient-cold-blooded.html#comment-641971 Witteveen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-641971 Touche, my observant denizen. You know we will have to kill you now, don't you? Touche, my observant denizen. You know we will have to kill you now, don’t you?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/19/ancient-cold-blooded.html#comment-643022 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-643022 And they went extinct when humans arrived. We really are like a virus that destroys any life it encounters. And they went extinct when humans arrived. We really are like a virus that destroys any life it encounters.

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