John Holmes

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There are species of sea slugs that have mini-brains when they are young. They use them as they voyage through the seas looking for a perch from which they can sieve food. But once they’ve found their perch, they no longer need such an expensive piece of equipment so… they eat their brains. (Some have joked, cruelly, that this is a bit like tenured academics.
Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
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