Re: Why didn't at least one dinosaur species become human-level smart?

On Dec 5, 9:09 am, "zzbun...@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <zzbun...@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Dec 2, 11:07 pm, STJensen <RecreationalPo...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The dinosa...

Because Dinosaurs brains were devoted almost entirely to lifting
their legs up.
They couldn't do much else.



Scott

i've often wondered, what was it about dinosaurs that were so
different from modern mammals, such as gazelles or zebras or
wildebeests...???
Behaviorally, they must have been indistinguishable on a savanna...
But the dinosaurs had those teeny tiny brains...
What could zebras do that brontosaurus' couldn't...???
.

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