Brain food at the beach

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kbs2244
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Brain food at the beach

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From yesterdays news page

http://www.physorg.com/news191176909.html

It seems to be a chicken and egg question.

Did they move to the beach and start eating brain food because they were smart.
Or did they become smart because the began eating brain food after moving to the beach?
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The latter seems the more logical, but then, as always I question it.
If that is so why are not Oyster Catchers, for example, more intelligent?

Roy.
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Oh, but they are!
Einstein's favorite pastime was barefoot beachcombing, collecting shellfish and other seafood. :lol:
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kbs2244 wrote:From yesterdays news page

http://www.physorg.com/news191176909.html

It seems to be a chicken and egg question.

Did they move to the beach and start eating brain food because they were smart.
Or did they become smart because the began eating brain food after moving to the beach?
As usual: it is not either the one or the other! It is both!
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Sorry RS, the Oyster Catcher is a bird!

Roy.
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Digit wrote:Sorry RS, the Oyster Catcher is a bird!
...and a genius among its peers of course. :lol:
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and a genius among its peers of course.
No, it's a bird brain! :lol:

Roy.
First people deny a thing, then they belittle it, then they say it was known all along! Von Humboldt
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