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10 Days, 10 Amazing Facts about Dolphins!

Day 1: A Big Brain – Dolphins brains are just smaller than sperm and orca whales, and larger than humans by 300 grams.

The cerebellum in a cetacean brain has more convolutions than in other mammals.  According to researchers, this indicates an unusually high level of intelligence. The brain surface area of a bottlenose dolphin is more than 1,400 square centimeters larger than a human being’s. (bluevoice

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