Scylla Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Surprised? http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-bird-brains-20130731,0,7969032.story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 it takes a serious CPU to instantly process all the sensory information for flight. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 it takes a serious CPU to instantly process all the sensory information for flight. What is "CPU" , and, does an emu have less "CPU" than a kestrel? "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 What is "CPU" ... Central Processing Unit; as in your computer. ...does an emu have less "CPU" than a kestrel? Not necessarily (both are descendants of flying birds), but the ability to discern and instantly react to the changes in air pressure on every feather is no doubt reduced to latency in the Emu. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Not necessarily (both are descendants of flying birds), but the ability to discern and instantly react to the changes in air pressure on every feather is no doubt reduced to latency in the Emu. Makes sense. Thanks for the insight. "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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