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Tim HuttonTim Hutton - 2012-07-03 07:57:57+0000 - Updated: 2012-07-03 07:57:57+0000
Originally shared by Mike StayAll three creatures in that picture are the same scale.  From right to left, an amoeba, a paramecium, and a wasp.  It has only a hundredth the number of neurons as a typical housefly---only around 7400---but still manages to feed, mate, and parasitize millimeter-long thrips.  And to save space in its head, 95% of the neurons have no nucleus!

How tiny wasps cope with being smaller than amoebas | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine

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