Baboons articles
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Canny as a crocodile but dumber than a baboon — new research ponders T. rex's brain power
In December 2022, Vanderbilt University neuroscientist Suzana Herculano-Houzel published a paper that caused an uproar in the dinosaur world. After analyzing previous research on fossilized dinosaur brain cavities and the neuron counts of birds and other related living animals, Herculano-Houzel extrapolated that the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex may have had more than 3 billion neurons — more than a baboon. As a result, she argued, the predators could have been smart enough to make and use tools...
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Budget safari priceless encounters: An exhilarating night in Uganda in a two-man TENT, with a toilet full of baboons and a nerve-shredding big-cat visitor to the campsite
MailOnline Travel's Laura Sharman goes wild camping in the Queen Elizabeth National Park - and visits the source of the Nile. Read on to find out more about her enchanting adventure.