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Nature & Healthy Food, T.Rex Intelligence, Baby Sawfish

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Today, you’ll learn about how a simple walk through nature could make you want to eat healthier foods, a new finding that T.rexes might not have been as cognitively advanced as we thought, and the sheath that keeps sawfish from doing battle in the womb.   Nature & Healthy Food    “Experiencing nature seems to have an important impact on food choices.” by Eric W. Dolan. 2024.  https://www.psypost.org/experiencing-nature-seems-to-have-an-important-impact-on-food-choices/ “Experiencing nature leads to healthier food choices.” by Maria Langlois & Pierre Chandon. 2024.  https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-024-00072-x  T.Rex Intelligence    “T. rex not as smart as previously claimed, scientists find.” University of Bristol. 2024.  https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2024/april/t-rex-not-as-smart.html “How smart was T. rex? Testing claims of exceptional cognition in dinosaurs and the application of neuron count estimates in palaeontological research.” by Kai R. Caspar, et al.  https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25459  Baby Sawfish   “A built-in pocket protector keeps sawfish from ‘sword fighting’ in the womb.” by Natalie van Hoose. 2024.  https://www.sciencenews.org/article/stops-sawfish-from-sword-fighting-womb “Smalltooth Sawfish.” Oceana. N.d.  https://oceana.org/marine-life/smalltooth-sawfish/ “Morphology, composition, and deterioration of the embryonic rostral sheath of the smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata).” by Gregg R. Poulakis, et al. 2024.  https://fisherybulletin.nmfs.noaa.gov/content/morphology-composition-and-deterioration-embryonic-rostral-sheath-smalltooth-sawfish  Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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