T. rex Intelligence and Kallie Moore from PBS Eons
I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast
I KNOW DINO, LLC
4.7 • 653 Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2024
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Tyrannosaurus rex and other dinosaur brains didn't fill their whole skull. Plus Kallie Moore joins from the fantastic YouTube channel PBS Eons and shares how the project started and how it's going.
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Dinosaur of the day Xiaosaurus, a small forest-dwelling ornithischian from the Jurassic.
Interview with Kallie Moore, the Collections Manager/Fossil Librarian at the University of Montana Paleontology Center, co-host of the YouTube channel PBS Eons, and executive producer for the documentary Why Dinosaurs? Follow her on Instagram @fossil_librarian
In dinosaur news this week:
- T. rex was not nearly as smart as a baboon, according to a new study of dinosaur intelligence based on brain size and neuron counts
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| 0:41.0 | Hello and welcome to I Know Dino. |
| 0:44.6 | Keep up with the latest dinosaur discoveries and science with us. |
| 0:45.5 | I'm Garrett. |
| 0:46.3 | And I'm Sabrina. |
| 0:56.7 | And today in our 493rd episode, we're going to be talking about a new paper all about dinosaur intelligence with an emphasis on T-Rex. We also have an interview with Callie Moore from the fantastic YouTube series |
| 1:04.8 | PBS Eons. You're likely familiar with that series because it is super popular and for good reason. |
| 1:12.4 | It is so enjoyable. |
| 1:14.2 | Yes, very well done and fun to watch. |
| 1:17.6 | We also have Dinosaur of the Day, Shiosaurus, which is a little forest dweller, kind of like a dinosaur wood nymph. |
| 1:24.9 | And we have a fun fact. |
| 1:27.1 | It's a new Titan reptile that was just named from the Triassic, but it's not a |
| 1:32.8 | titanosaur. |
| 1:34.5 | Oh, well, you'll have to let me know what it is later. |
| 1:37.3 | Yeah, I will explain. |
| 1:38.9 | But before we get into all of those fun stories, we want to thank some of our patrons |
| 1:43.3 | for helping to make this podcast a reality. |
| 1:46.2 | And this week we have a new patron to thank, and that's Tricerabeth. |
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