#smallest brain to body ratio

[rosewind2007]

The bony-eared assfish may have the smallest brain-to-body weight ratio of all vertebrates.

Like many other creatures that dwell in the depths of the sea, assfish are soft and flabby with a light skeleton.

Come on, fish naming scientists, what did this little thing ever do to you?

[rustygem]

veritas ratio headcanons.

彡warning(s): mentions of death. slightly suggestive.

彡notes: gn! reader. dividers by cafekitsune.

veritas ratio, who takes joy in the peace you bring around him.

veritas ratio, who didn’t know what to say when you said “i love you.” to him.

veritas ratio, who had the smallest smile on his face when you kissed his lips for the first time.

veritas ratio, who just continues reading his book when you fall asleep on his shoulder.

veritas ratio, who loved being more intimate with you 8 months into the relationship.

veritas ratio, who smiles when you join him the bathtub.

veritas ratio, who is damn near stunned when you fall asleep in his arms…still in the bathtub.

veritas ratio, who enjoys a good back massage whether it’s him giving one to you or vice versa.

veritas ratio, who takes immense satisfaction in hearing the sounds you make when he kisses your neck.

veritas ratio, who doesn’t get jealous easily. only when he catches someone having eyes for you, does he hold your hand, looking the person dead in the eyes.

veritas ratio, who prefers to read with you as opposed to a movie. but hey, he adores you so why not give it a shot. he just sees books more beneficial to the brain. although, you enjoy movies, and your brain is still intact.

veritas ratio, who holds your lifeless body in his arms. knowing he can’t get you back, and who intends on giving you a proper memorial.

veritas ratio, who puts your favorite flower near your gravestone.

veritas ratio, who grieves your death in silence, away from other people. the last thing he needs is pity.

veritas ratio, who will put his energy into continuing his life as a genius instead of crying every day. like he had been for a good week.

[fishrights69]

My Top 5 GARBAGE fish that suck

Here we go again. After receiving a very high ammount of notes!! (61 UwU) on the last fish list, here's another top 5 no one asked for. I've tried to use the reasoning of ''all fish are good'' but let's be honest, we'd be better off without these. 5. Monkfish🙏

So these things are weird as hell. Their ugliness alone landed them on this list. Not only are they ugly as shit, but they're also mean motherfuckers that eat basically anything. They like to cover themselves in mud and just chill there until something crosses their path which imo is fucking lazy. Some people do eat them as a delicacy apparently(ew?). Props to them for getting over the looks. Ugly/10 5/10 for laziness 4.Hairy Frog Fish💇‍♀️

If you wonder wtf are you looking at, this fish is the living embodiment of that feeling you get when you find hair in your food. This girlie loves to swallow as it's mouth can open to make space for fish almost twice her size so don't go sitting too close 💦 Still, it doesn't take away from the fact that she looks like a mistake. 4/10 appearance 8/10 for the deep throating skills 3. Goblin Shark 👺

First of all, these sharks look like if someone designed a fish based on a child's drawing of a shark. Instead of going the terrifying route and choosing one of these pictures, I opted for a derpy yet still creepy photo. Besides being quite good at ambushing prey, these dudes still tend to eat man made garbage which further argues their position on ''the garbage fish top5™''. They also are basically living fossils since they're old af and most of their body is atrophied. 3/10 appearance 6/10 for still living so long despite everything.

2.Bony-Eared Assfish🍑

This fish is for all ass obsessed fuckers. Grilling this baby and enjoying it counts as eating ass. Some cool facts about him: -The bony-eared assfish has the smallest brain-to-body weight ratio out of all vertebrates. -Assfish are soft and flabby with a light skeleton (so like a real ass) As for personality, they are not what I'd call assholes. They are quite sluggish as they prefer to sort of flap around with short bursts of energy instead of swim. They don't do much besides that which makes them a very underwhelming fish despite the sexy name :( Apparently they were given this name to make up for how utterly boring they are. 2/10 appearance 1/10 Interest in them or what they are good for (spoiler, nothing)

If you're a fish enthusiast, you probably know what's coming at nr.1 🥁 🥁 1. Ocean Sunfish☀️

There are far, faar too many reasons for this fish to be on the first spot. Not only are they the dumbest fish in the whole world, but they also are not good swimmers AT ALL (wtf is with these poorly designed fish who cannot swim??). Scientists are still perplexed at how this fish continues to stay alive. If you want more shitty facts about them, here's a link to a very famous post trashing these bitches. BUT, I have my very own reason to hate the sunfish. One cursed morning, I decided to go get educated about animals and visit Naturalis, a museum in Leiden, The Netherlands. I was having a blast looking at all the beautiful animals showcased, along with the cool facts and atmosphere. I excitedly get to the aquatic creatures floor and mesmerised, I try to take in all the beauty. At the long corridor nearing the exit, I look around admiring the fish that were displayed. Thinking I had seen it all, I move further when I turn a corner and out of nowhere.. . . . . . . . BAM

this GIANT motherfucker, hidden in a corner makes it's presence known. I'm not kidding when I say this thing is huge. Here's a picture of the replica from another angle for size reference. As you can guess, I was legit extremely spooked and actually screamed. :( 0/10 appearence 0/10 fuck this thing. useless and it gave me a heart attack

BONUS: I'm sorry but I think I've tortured myself and you enough, so to make up for it, here's a cute fishy instead: (take him)

Alright thanks for reading and follow for more fish content. Suggest me some more top5's I could do, be it fish related, or whatever your mind decides to curse me with. Still need to cleanse yours eyes? My top 5 coolest fish

[olibensstuff]

RANDOM SCIENCE FACT GO the bony-eared ass fish has the smallest brain-to-body ratio of any fish

I HAD TO GOOGLE THIS BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU MADE UP A FISH

[disturbedcreature]

free possum facts you say?

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ok so

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possums can’t get rabies! well, *almost* exactly never. their body temperature is too low for rabies to live, so possums very very rarely have rabies.

possums have the most teeth out of any mammal in north america! dw tho, they also have the smallest brain-to-body ratio out of any mammal in NA, so you can’t worry about devilish sneaky possums getting you. also they generally just run or play dead when threatened.

something about them playing dead is that they actually don’t control it! they’re unconscious during and they also leak nasty smelling butt juices to make them smell dead so don’t touch

another funky fact is that they have thirteen (13!) nipples! the nipples are arranged in a circle with one in the middle. as they are marsupials, (the only in NA!) the nipples are in their handy pouch (if they are female).

possums have the shortest gestational period out of any mammal in north america too! only ~12 days long! since that isn’t very long for the babies to be in the cooker, they come out smaller than a jellybean :) which is adorable but unFORTUNETLY they are so small they need a whole nipple to themselves to survive, and there’s only 13 nipples, and possums can give birth to up to 25 childs…..

also possums in the wild only live 1-2 years

but they have adorable grippy little tails and adorable thumbs on their **hind feet and cute fluffy faces so :))

last fact: they are good boys

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

Ok this might be a weird question but... Any suggestions on strange/interesting fish to turn into merfolk? Apologies if this question is out of the purview of this blog. [For reference, I already have Gar, Chimeras, and Sawfish]

Although I am a fish blog, I am also a very big great fan of merfolk (see: literally my profile picture) and an avid character designer! So, to answer your question… honestly, any fish can make for a cool merperson, but I suggest you look at two things: local fish near you and fish extremes! “Common” fish that might be overlooked by people immediately make for very cool merfolk, for me those would be perch, roach, asp, bleak, zander, bream, pike, salmon… the list goes on. Common fish might easily be forgotten when it comes to merfolk designs, so that’s one place to gather inspiration from, I’m sure there’s some really cool species you can find!

Another way to go about looking for inspiration is to look for fish extremes, by that I mean fish extremely adapted to a certain way of life and fish that are “the most” at something! Devil’s hole pupfish as the vertebrate with the smallest inhabited area, sailfish as the fastest fish, whale shark as the largest, lampreys and hagfish as the most “primitive”, elephantnose fish with the largest brain-to-body oxygen usage ratio of any vertebrate, mantas as the smartest fish, Mariana snailfish as the deepest fish…. It can give you a lot of variation and unique finds.

Most importantly, do what you think works best and is coolest! I’m liking the idea of gar, chimaera and sawfish merfolk a lot personally :)

[mizuski-broken]

Fun fact: The “Bony-eared assfish” might have the smallest brain-to-body ratio of all vertebrates

This is so fucking funny that it sounds fake

I won't question it LMAOOOOO

[facts-that-you-will-never-need]

The bony-eared fish has the smallest brain to body weight ratio of any known vertebrae that we know of (as of Febuary 2024)

[cutekoala1001]

Buster koala headcanons

So in the Sing universe, sometimes the animals actually DO behave according to their species! Here are some of the things I think applies to Buster as a koala… if anyone wants to add to this list, be my guest!

🌿 🐨 (under cut)🐨🌿

🌿 Koalas love to hug and cling to things, so of course Buster is a hugger!

🌿 Koalas like to sleep high up in trees; they're not afraid of heights. So, Buster isn't uncomfortable being really high up above his stage. (whether on the moon prop or that zipline he uses from the backstage catwalk to the royal box!)

🌿 Assuming that the eucalyptus/bamboo-motif underwear on Buster's head in the scene where he hides in a suitcase is his (I assume it's his because when he tumbles out of the suitcase a little red bow tie comes out), Buster possibly likes leaf aesthetics. This adds up because real koalas like to stay in trees most of the time, and they eat only eucalyptus leaves. (We know that Buster eats other things though.)

🌿 Speaking of eucalyptus, he may prefer colognes with minty forest scents! Eucalyptus, pine, rosemary, honey, citrus... (Real koalas smell like cough drops.)

🌿 And speaking of eating, koalas are very picky eaters. Buster might be a picky eater too.

🌿 Koalas have one of the smallest brain-to-body ratios of any mammal. In other words, they're not very smart. Buster is brilliant in many ways, but sometimes you gotta wonder what was going through his head when he made certain decisions...

🌿 Buster is probably a “night person” and feels most creative in the evening. He doesn't mind being indoors all day in his theatre without much sunlight. Because koalas are mostly nocturnal.

🌿 Koalas are marsupials and raise their young in a pouch. Depending on how koalas raise their young in the Sing universe, Buster may have grown in his mother's pouch for a time. (I want to say that female koalas don't have pouches in his world but the kangaroo mom in the first movie, who took her daughter out from her pouch, comes to mind...)

🌿 Dogs are one the koala's biggest threats. So Buster might have felt extra uncomfortable around Jimmy Crystal, especially after Crystal showed his aggressive side (those sharp teeth and claws! Buster's prey mentality kicked in)

🌿 Cars are other huge threats to koalas. So it's no surprise that Buster almost always gets run over when he goes outside (his reckless bicycle riding has nothing to do with that, no not at all)

🌿 Koalas have sharp claws and can bite hard, but otherwise pretty defenseless. They are easy little targets. I wouldn't be surprised if Buster had been bullied when he was younger... because rather than fight back, we see that his first reaction is to run away from danger!

🌿 Chlamydia is not widespread among koalas in the Sing universe! Buster is relatively healthy, but he does need to watch his weight. (@ real koalas: poor little things!)

🌿 Koalas are not especially common. They are found wild only in Australia. So we can imagine how often Buster might meet another koala... then again, there lives pink American Landrace pigs, Silverback gorillas with Cockney accents, and antelope all in the same city, sooo.

(Sing 2 had many happy koala moments!)

[kaijuerotica]

merry christmas opossums only live about 2 years and have one of the smallest brain to body ratios of any comparably sized mammals

[ask-the-witch-queen]

Did you know the bony-eared ass fish has the smallest brain to body ratio of any vertebrate?

She blinked once. Twice. She turned her head to look to Immaru, who in turn looked to her, before finally looking back to you.

“This was knowledge I did not know I craved. Come, little guardian. Speak to me of what things you know.”

//I literally saw that drawing it was so so funny. “Fucking incredible.”

[punkpillywiggin]

Info Dump: Neat Facts (It gets weird)

Dragon flys are the most effective hunters on the planet catching 95% of the prey they go after

In relation to their size, dung beetles are the strongest animal

Gorillas have the smallest dick to body ratio

A lot of zoo animals are on antidepressants because their habitats do not have enough enrichment

Only 1 quarter of the Sahara desert is sandy

In Massachusetts it’s illegal to eat more than 3 sandwiches at a funeral

Historically, vampires started more like zombies. Creatures with unfinished business who turned away from the Christian god. Eventually it turned into a xenophobic nightmare when, if you look at some depictions (nosferatu is a good example) they are clearly antisemitic caricatures, also at times just non Christian. So Christian objects are used to compel these types of creatures because they are seen as specifically unholy. It also goes into the belief that god can conquer all and these types of things are distinctly against god because they are not Christian or against it.

In 1774 Frederick The Great ordered Prussians to grow potato fields as protection against famine but the populace was disgusted by them and refused. In response, the king planted “The Royal Potato Field” but allowed peasants to steal from it which re-marketed the potato into a major food crop. He had guards surround the field and encouraged them to be lax in their jobs as to make the people feel as though they were easy pickings. He also ordered the guards to accept all bribes along with letting people go if they were actually caught stealing them. People put potato’s on his memorial grave plate near Berlin

Freddie Mercury’s last words were “Pee, pee.” as he needed help getting to the toilet

We have a dominant hand because the first homo sapien females would hold their babies on the left side because their heartbeat would calm the child. So the right hand was used for everything else. This became such a normal occurrence that it passed down generations into most of the populace having a right hand dominance

it was annual tradition for the pharaoh of Egypt to masturbate into the Nile with an audience

A Jewish doctor treated hilters mother, the only person he truly loved, while she was dying of cancer. He promised he eternal gratitude to the doctor and even after becoming a pathological anti-Semite, and later the fuhrer, he was true to his word and was adamant the doctor and his family be under protection from the purge

In scientific literature a conclusion on Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases in general is that the diseases start decades before the first obvious symptoms and that we need to treat them in this stage. When you exhibit obvious symptoms it’s already too late. If you get diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at 65, you had the disease since your early 40s at least. And you experienced very mild, unnoticeable symptoms. And your brain fight like hell to compensate the deficit. When you get a diagnoses your brain is already severely damaged and will never recover

In 1958 a 7600 lb bomb was lost off the coast of Georgia near savannah. It was never found

When spring comes lake water will warm up and make any dead bodies float to the surface due to bacteria. Except for Lake Superior, the water doesn’t get warm enough to build bacteria in the body.

Hearing is one of the last senses to fade upon death based on EEG or brain wave recordings

People dying often smell sweet, not in a sugary way, but more like flowery. This is because of the decompositions of the body already starting. It can also smell vaguely like alcohol, especially their breath. Furthermore, at the beginning of decomposition, a dead body will smell like wet hay

If you skin a person alive and they somehow don’t die of shock, they will actually die from hyperthermia as without skin, they’ll be unable to regulate their core body temperature

If you’re a cannibal, never eat the brain. Eating the brain is how you catch a disease called kuru. It’s 100% lethal. Also, the best way to remove frozen brain matter off the sidewalk is with a flamethrower

If you die alone and become a “bloater” they will pop you like a zit before removal

Most arsonists are found within a few blocks of their fires masturbating

A lot of truck stops are hubs for human trafficking

kreston-kreature i am holding both your hands and staring soulfully into your eyes. thank you so much for this i really enjoyed reading all these fun facts.

if anyone else wants to infodump in my ask box about (a) subject(s) of your choosing pls feel free i love this shit

[captainswaglord500]

Dib-dib

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Clade: Sarcopterygii

Clade: Tadishohexapodamorpha

Clade: Eucarpia

Superclass: Tadishohexapoda

Class: Ankylodontia

Clade: Gorgotheria

Clade: Teratopodamorpha

Order: Microcerebrafera

Family: Ignoramidae

Genus: Ignoramus

Species: I. maximus (”utmost/biggest fool”)

Information: Roughly twice the size of a turkey in height and length, and with a brain quite literally comparable in size to a pea, the Dib-dib (Ignoramus maximus, literally “utmost fool”) has perhaps one of the smallest brain-to-body ratios out of any terrestrial vertebrate on the planet Tadishkaval. And it shows. This bizarre little animal is somehow more inept than the koala back on Earth, the other contender for the least intelligent advanced tetrapod/tetrapod analogue in the universe. This creature is a generalist omnivore in the most literal interpretation of the word. It will eat anything that can fit into its mouth because it lacks the ability to distinguish food from inorganic matter (though its usual diet consists of small invertebrates, nuts, fruits, and seeds). It has no reason to exist from an ecological perspective, yet ironically, it is not only one of the most widespread terrestrial species on Tadishkaval, spends much of its time foraging in the leaf litter of Tadishkaval’s tropical, subtropical, and temperature forests, its vibrant green body and alternating yellow-and-black feather-like filaments on its back providing camouflage amongst the vegetation, but it is also one of the oldest living species on its home planet, somehow managing to survive not one, not two, but three mass extinction events, its oldest fossil remains dating back some 220 million years ago, in which it has changed relatively little during that time. Bizarrely, other animals seem to show what can be described as rudimentary pity for the creature because of its lack of intelligence. However, the Dib-dib does no favors for itself. In fact, one may argue that it actively tempts death since it will not hesitate to bite the fingers or toes of any forest traveller or large animal, mistaking fingers and toes for branches and roots, though as I have been made aware, this is by no means painful since the Dib-dib’s teeth are incredibly small and unable to break the skin, a bite from one of these creatures feeling much like that of a human infant who has just begun teething. This exact behavior of running up and biting the feet of other animal is how it ends up quickly becoming a nuisance to many larger animals, which would normally spell disaster for a small animal like itself, but because its ineptitude is so pitiful to other members of the food chain, many will refuse to kill them in spite of the great deal of annoyance they cause them, meaning this little animal spends its entire life in what can only be described as stupidity-induced purgatory. But that is, bizarrely enough, not even the worst of it. Not only is the Dib-dib an incredibly naive animal, but it may be perhaps one of the single dumbest animals with a brain (an admittedly smooth and small brain, that) known to mankind’s finest scientists. Whereas most herbivores would either fend off or flee from a would-be predator, the Dib-dib, rather curiously, is neither a fighter nor a fleer, but rather, a lover, charging headfirst towards its attacker to befriend it. While the Dib-dib is by no means winning any sort of competition regarding IQ (in fact, its name translates to “massive fool” [literally “fool-fool”] in the Tadish language and its intelligence is roughly equivalent to that of a 1-month-old human baby), its unrivaled ineptitude actually proves to be something of an advantage against some predators. Bizarrely enough, this tactic seems to work, which is immensely beneficial in the Dib-dib’s eyes since it lacks an amygdala, meaning that it is physically unable to show aggression or fear. And fortunately for the Dib-dib, it tends to make friends in high places in the food chain, meaning that the few predators which do not automatically pity the Dib-dib and spare its life (or which find the taste of its flesh disgusting, which I’ve heard tastes rather like urine) will have to take on the planet’s largest apex predators if they want their meal. That is, until the Dib-dib foolishly wanders off chasing a brightly-colored bug, leaving it at the mercy of the forest once more. While of no practical utility to the native alien races of Tadishkaval, it is commonly kept in captivity as a companion animal, where it lives comfortably to a ripe old 20 years of age, 4 times the life expectancy of its wild kin at roughly 5 years of age. Dib-dibs reach sexual maturity at the age of 3 and mate year-round,  then lay a clutch of 5-10 leathery-shelled eggs in shallow nests in the dirt (though temperature populations may mate in the spring and summer months, then lay their clutch in the fall and winter). The eggs hatch a few weeks later, and from the moment they are born, the young Dib-dibs must fend for themselves because, in true Dib-dib fashion, they would be lucky if either of their parents remembered where the nest was, much less remembered to feed their chicks. And that’s if you somehow manage to get these animals to breed, something which is notoriously because of their extremely short attention span, meaning that they could be in the middle of coitus, see a small bug fly by, and then immediately start chasing the bug without having finished the act. To make this even more insulting, the Dib-dib is a simultaneous hermaphrodites, meaning they can both impregnate other Dib-dibs and become pregnant themselves. In fact, getting two Dib-dibs to mate is so difficult, that it’s actually easier and far more time-efficient to resort to artificial insemination. Now, it may sound like the Dib-dib truthfully has almost nothing going for it in life other than its endearing stupidity, and you would be correct. However, the Dib-dib, for all the flak I have given it, has one more trick up its adorably tiny and dimwitted sleeves, and that’s its highly unusual form of vocal communication. The Dib-dib communicates with other members of its species by blowing raspberries. Yes, you read that correctly. This animal communicates by blowing raspberries. Some of its other unique vocalizations include yipping, babbling, lip-smacking, and whistling, though on the basis of it being the only creature known to blow raspberries as a form of communication alone, I immediately feel inclined to give this innocuous little bugger the respect it deserves. Some people say you’re a mistake on Mother Nature’s end, but I think you’re alright as is, little buddy. You keep doing you, Dib-dib, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise!

Final assessment: An exceptionally dimwitted but intoxicatingly friendly omnivore. Watch out, it will steal your heart (possibly literally since I have not ruled out the faint possibility that this offensively harmless creature is, in fact, a demonspawn [and for all I know, it could devour the souls of mortals in its free time]).

[jovalencia]

sorry my rewatch liveblog is just gonna be me recounting the events of this show but you KNOW spoon had that “did you know a koala has the smallest brain to body ratio? I just thought you’d wanna know about your competition” line prepared for WEEKS and when buck got upset spoon just stood up on his tiptoes to like. idk seem taller. weirdo. and mickey was like “honestly I’ve known this kid for 24 hours and for most of that I thought he was really annoying but he just defended me for no reason so now I’m gonna defend him by almost breaking buck’s arm and giving him a charming nickname because I forgot his real name” king.

[aquariushrghada]

Aquarius Diving Club

Did you know some facts about dolphins? Dolphins are mammals known for their friendliness. There are over 40 species of dolphins, the most common being the Bottlenose dolphin.

-They stick with their mothers for a long time It is in the nature of the dolphins to stick with their mothers for a long time before they leave their pack. Some stay with their mothers for 3 or even 8 years!

-Extremely intelligent animals They are not only the friendliest or caring creatures but also the most intelligent ones. It is believed by scientists that comparing the ratio size of brain to body, dolphins take the 2nd place right after the humans!

-Dolphins have 2 stomachs One is used for storage of food and the other is used for digestion.

-They dive up to 1,000 feet Dolphins are known to be great divers. Being creatures of the sea, they can dive up to 1,000 feet underwater.

-While the majority of them spend their lives in saltwater, many can survive just fine in freshwater. The smallest of their kind is 3-4 feet long, while the largest is 30 feet!

-Dolphins help the sick or injured members These caring creatures are often seen tending to the sick, the old and the injured in their group, which is known as ‘pod’.

-Dolphins never chew their food, they swallow it as a whole. Their teeth are used only to catch their prey.

-They give themselves names It has been proved by scientists that dolphins give themselves names. They develop their own individual whistles and they recognize theirs and other dolphins’ names.

-They sleep with only half their brain When they are asleep, one part of their brain remains alert and awake. This keeps them safe from potential predators, and enables them to breathe while sleeping.

-Dolphins are very friendly to humans and animals They love to play with members of their pods and are friendly to even humans. They are often seen playing and teasing other animals living underwater.

-Dolphins can migrate if they don’t have enough food Not known to many, Dolphins can migrate if their needs of food are not met. Even though they are not migratory animals, they will move to places where they have enough food and the climatic conditions are suitable to their body temperatures.

-They have delicate skin but heals quickly Dolphins have very delicate skin, getting injured at the slightest touch of hard surface. However, due to their fast healing attribute, even the deepest of wounds can be healed within a short time.

www.aquariusredsea.com

[cesium-sheep]

“here’s a fun fact for you: stegosaurus has one of the smallest brain-to-body ratios of any dinosaur, meaning it was not very smart.” That’s Not How That Works Relative Size Is Only One Of Very Many Factors In Determining Potential Capacity For Intelligence aaaaaahhhhh