Assertion: manatee's brain | /r/HasProperty | small
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: unusually
type: DEGREE
value: for its body
type: OTHER
value: as in most herbivores
type: OTHER
value: compared to its body size
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The brain is very small in comparison with those of other mammals of similar body size.
text: The manatee has a very small brain for its body size, and the brain is unusually smooth, without all the ridges seen in most mammals brain surfaces, but recent studies suggest they are rather intelligent and can perform some discrimination tasks with the same aptitude as seals and dolphins.
text: Based on these findings, it has been suggested that maybe a manatee has a very big body, as opposed to a very small brain.
text: As in most herbivores, this manatee’s brain is very small compared to its body size, likely because it does not have to develop complex hunting strategies to capture prey.
text: Yes, manatees have a small brain when compared to the size of their bodies, but that does not mean they are stupid.
text: But he also suspects that rather than the manatee’s brain being unusually small for its body, the situation may be the other way around: that its body, for sound evolutionary reasons, has grown unusually large in proportion to its brain.