Talk:Embolotherium

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To whoever added the section on Embolotherium brains...Embolotherium's brain size has never been measured. I've seen almost every known specimen of Embolotherium and none of them have an exposed brain case. Measuring Embolotherium's cranial capacity would involve CT scanning one of the few known skulls. However other brontothere brains tend to be small, so Embolotherium probably had a small brain, although I'm not sure if we can make a judgement about intellegence from this. The BBC animated interpretation of Embolotherium interacting with its stillborn calf, which I deleted, is speculation, but at any rate, does not suggest stupidity. Rhinos, and even primates will behave similarly with stillborn infants.

Can we remove the "Brain" section? It sounds too much like the out-dated "they went extinct because they were peabrained ogres" kind of talk people used to say about the inferiority of prehistoric animals.--Mr Fink 15:22, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

First if there is a reference to a scientific paper on the brain anatomy of this species then it should be included. Second, to say a species died because it is stupid is unscientific and unencyclopedic, than why do other species with smaller brains than Homo sapiens still exist. So a removal is wise and safe. Enlil Ninlil 05:39, 14 October 2007 (UTC)