Link: https://www.thoughtco.com/do-insects-have-brains-1968477
Description: WEBUpdated on December 04, 2019. Even tiny insects have brains, though the insect brain does not play as important a role as human brains do. In fact, an insect can live for several days without a head, assuming it does not lose a lethal amount of hemolymph, the insect equivalent of blood, upon decapitation.
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Link: https://a-z-animals.com/blog/12-animals-that-dont-have-a-brain-and-how-the-heck-they-survive/
Description: WEBOct 10, 2023 · Examples include algae-scraping sea urchins, synapse-reliant sea sponges, toxic sea cucumbers, and ocean-cleaning sea lilies. Other brainless ocean animals are mobile. These include the sneezing sea sponge, the stinging jellyfish, and man-o-war.
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Link: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/i-asked-leading-entomologists-whats-the-smartest-bug-in-the-world
Description: WEBJun 23, 2016 · Insects are extremely modular creatures, not like us at all: the easiest way to understand an insect’s nervous system is that an insect has many different sub-brains in different parts...
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Link: https://a-z-animals.com/blog/do-insects-have-brains/
Description: WEBFeb 22, 2022 · Insects have small brains inside their tiny heads. Apart from this central brain, they also have little brains spread throughout their bodies, known as “ganglia.” Like us, insects have a nervous system that helps them see, move, and sense things.
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Link: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/life-without-brains-smart-slime-molds-plants-jellyfish-osr-science
Description: WEBMay 21, 2018 · In the last two decades, researchers have identified sleep-like behavior in fruit flies, tiny nematodes, and even a brainless jellyfish. During the day, the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea pulses ...
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Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/do-insects-have-consciousness-ego-180958824/
Description: WEBApr 19, 2016 · Recent research mapping insect brains shows that their central nervous system probably performs the same function that the midbrain does in larger animals.
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Link: https://www.newsweek.com/do-insects-have-brains-1683193
Description: WEBMar 1, 2022 · The biggest known insect, the giant weta, weighed in at 71g, while the smallest is a type of parasitic wasp that measures just 0.005 inches in length. But do these tiny creatures have brains...
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Link: https://www.animalwised.com/do-insects-have-brains-4821.html
Description: WEBAug 27, 2023 · The animal kingdom has creatures without brains, such as starfish, earthworms, jellyfish, corals, and sea lilies, but there are no brainless insects. Unlike these brainless organisms, insects, regardless of their smaller size and differing biology from vertebrates, possess neural systems with diverse structures, including well-defined brains.
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Link: https://theconversation.com/organisms-without-brains-can-learn-too-so-what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-thinking-creature-214275
Description: WEBOct 2, 2023 · Slime moulds are single-celled organisms that belong to the protist group. They bear a passing resemblance to fungi, despite being unrelated. Recently (and inaccurately) popularised on TV as...
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Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/do-insects-have-consciousness-180959484/
Description: WEBThey cite evidence ranging from a study that used microelectrodes to look at fly brain activity, to seemingly macabre research showing that when a jewel wasp injects venom into a cockroach’s ...
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