I'm 40 and remember being told that the Brontosaurus had multiple smaller brains down it's spine so that it could react to stimuli without having to wait for the signal to get all the way to its head and back.

I also rember hearing at some point more recently that the Brontosaurus probably didn't exist. 🤷

54. It was taken as a given. And my finest ever teacher was a hippy, from 1st though 6th grade. She was the best of the best, taught us what was known, at the time.

I'd heard of it.

I can’t speak for every creature in this source but practically everything it says about turtles is a straight fabrication. They have one brain. It’s oddly shaped but just one. Next, it’s in their skull, not their neck - that’s crazy. Finally, TURTLES HAVE BONES WTF

I mean, yes, but... What other vertebrates have developed a secondary brain? That's a big deal evolutionarily, considering all other vertebrates have the one.

What the fuck is that article? It's absolute nonsense. Like a first gen AI was trained on a single biology textbook.

The mosquito brain has three main parts: the antennae, the maxillary palps, and the proboscis.

Octopuses don’t have any real social structure like mammals do. Instead, they communicate through chemical signals. But these chemicals can transmit emotions just as effectively as words and they have two eyes.

Animals with multiple brains include octopuses, cephalopods (squid), and even humans.

The brain of a cuttlefish is located in the head, which is made up of two parts: the upper part contains the eyes, and the lower part contains the mouth.

Cuttlefish is one of the smartest animals in the world. They are able to solve complex mathematical equations

make me look like an unreliable source (on biology, that might be true)

On what topics are you a reliable source?

Not sure if you’re trolling or just a bit lost mate but you’re the only one who’s posted a source claiming turtles don’t have bones. Everyone else is aware that turtles have bones.

E: Ah a troll after all. Started half good but honestly turned to shit pretty quick. 4/10. Turtles may have 1 brain but you, my friend, have 0.

it's at least true for me tbh

May I ask how you found this absolute train wreck of a website?

Man i'm only 40 and the shit i learned in school is actually kind of crazy. When i was around 8, the ozone hole was kind of a big deal. FCKW was everywhere and it was the number one threat, next to climate change itself. One day it was really cold and i made a joke like: "the ozone hole is supposed to burn us, but it's so cold outside." My teacher heard that and fraked out. He said that we have no idea how lucky we are, in New Zealand, children can't even go on the streets without special suits, because they are right under the ozone hole.

I was 8, i heard New Zealand for the first time, i had no idea where or what it was, i was to scared to even ask what happened to old Zealand, but i always imagined it's literally scorched. I kinda stopped thinking about it unitl some years later when i watched a movie that was filmed in new Zealand and i was like:"motherfucker, it's beautiful out there."

i mean, that is true in so much as all animals have them, that's precisely why reflexes happen before we even realize it

i'd imagine even the tiniest field mice work like this, because it's something the first animals evolved and it's highly useful regardless of how long it takes signals to reach the brain.

Public school is great

When I was a kid they told me that different parts of the tongue have different taste buds

A surprising amount of teachers work like LLMs. No idea what they are talking about but extremely scared of admitting it.

Giraffes elephants and whales might have something to say there but frankly we've thought weirder stuff.