Humpback whales have "human" brain cells

Reuters ^ | 11/27/06

[TigerLikesRooster]

Given enough time, the same brain structure can emerge from different mammal species.

[TigerLikesRooster]

We found your long lost cousin.
He is a better swimmer.:-)

[RexBeach]

So, this explains Rosie O'Donnell!

[EveningStar]

ping

[RightWhale]

Although the function of spindle neurons is not well understood, they may be involved in cognition -- learning, remembering and recognizing the world around

Everything else is involved, why not this kind of cell too?

[socal_parrot]

IBTTKIABSP!!!

In before the Ted Kennedy in a bathing suit pic!!!

[EveningStar]

The *WADL will sue you for that remark.


*Whale Anti-Defamation League

[llevrok]

This is not surprising.

30 percent of human DNA is the same as in daffodils (fact).

[Young Werther]

And the predomanance of the Daffy Dildoes are found in the likes of Kennedy and Kerry Demobulbs!

[al baby]

30 percent of human DNA is the same as in daffodils (fact).


Lets not become homophobic

[Condor51]

The finding may help explain some of the behaviours seen in whales, such as ... tool usage, the researchers report in The Anatomical Record.

I've give a shiny new nickel for ONE picture of a whale using a Hammer.

[BJClinton]

We found your long lost cousin.
He is a better swimmer.:-)

lol

[SunkenCiv]

"Opposable fins" ping. :')

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[colorado tanker]

a type of cell called a spindle neuron in the cortex

Wonder if anyone's checked to see if liberals have this?

[SunkenCiv]

Why bother? Foregone conclusion. ;')

[true_blue_texican]

I heard of "screwing the pooch" but "screwing the whale"?!?!

[GoLightly]

This might mean such whales are more intelligent than they have been given credit for, and suggests the basis for complex brains either evolved more than once, or has gone unused by most species of animals, the researchers said.

Don't use it, you lose it part of the theory of evolution? Is the inclusion of dolphins on the list new information or was that already known?

[Dustbunny]

Amazing what they have been able to conclude from this find. /sarc

[To Hell With Poverty]

LOL, that's what I was thinking. Can we get an example please? Unless they think the humpbacks' "bubble curtains" that they make when feeding are some kind of tool, I can't think of anything close I've ever heard of before.

[Salamander]

"Spindle cells may be affected by Alzheimer's disease and other debilitating brain disorders such as autism and schizophrenia."

I'd be more concerned about the possibility of running into a 10 ton paranoid-schizophrenic whale, myself.