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Originally Posted by Anthony
This should not be interpreted as meaning size doesn't matter. There's almost certainly a minimum size for any given level of intelligence, though there may not be a maximum.
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Intelligence in animals seems to be based on shape of the brain and proportionate size of the brain compared to the overall skull and/or body as opposed to absolute size. IIRC, all animals that recognize their own reflections (a sizable percentage of whom are tool users) have proportionately larger brains than those of similar size who can't.
But then, I'm not a biologist, and I can't say if I'm remembering what I read about this issue properly.
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