Tag: Gilles De Meester

Smart Turtle with Glasses: A Hilarious and Adorable Reptile Portrait

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 15, 2025

Categorized
Animal mind, Evolution

Tagged
Convergent evolution, Fish intelligence, Gilles De Meester, Irina Epstein, Manta ray, Matthew Wills, Reptile intelligence, Simon Baeckens}

Reptilian Renaissance: How Did Reptiles Develop Intelligence?

_{Scientists used to think reptiles were dumb but then they looked more closely} _{Denyse O'Leary
April 15, 2025

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Animal mind, Evolution}

Maybe if we are looking for general principles underlying the development of intelligence, we would be wise to leave evolution out of it for a bit.