Advent Sci-Fact 15:
Urban Bees have Bigger Brains!🐝
Bee species that survive in urban habitats have bigger brains than those in natural environments. This may be due to a “cognitive buffer”: big brains are more flexible, better for changing habitats.
Paper: https://tinyurl.com/28tfvq5q
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Urban Bees have Bigger Brains!🐝
Bee species that survive in urban habitats have bigger brains than those in natural environments. This may be due to a “cognitive buffer”: big brains are more flexible, better for changing habitats.
Paper: https://tinyurl.com/28tfvq5q
#SciComm 🌍🧪 #SciArt
Comments
Today's fact was taken from:
"Brain size predicts bees' tolerance to urban environments"
By: J. B. Lanuza, M. Á. Collado @ferransayol.bsky.social , D. Sol, I. Bartomeus.
In: Biology Letters. 2023.
Simplified for clarity.
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