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Outside magazine, June 1996
Further Proof that Size Doesn't Matter
After hearing the recent shocking news that the African elephant-nose fish possesses a "bigger" brain than we human beings-as determined by the percentage of the body's total oxygen intake that is consumed by the gray matter-we decided to check in with Swedish biologist Goran Nilsson, discoverer of the tiny critter's extraordinary mental capacity, to see if we had any more
surprises in store.
| Species |
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| Brain's oxygen use (percent of body's total) |
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| African elephant-nose fish |
60 |
| Human |
20 |
| Chimpanzee |
14 |
| Orangutan |
14 |
| Porpoise |
13 |
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