What was the smartest dinosaur?

Troodon
Troodon
Troodon (/ˈtroʊ. ədɒn/ TROH-ə-don; Troödon in older sources) is a former wastebasket taxon and a potentially dubious genus of relatively small, bird-like dinosaurs known definitively from the Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous period (about 77 mya).
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had a large brain for its relatively small size and was probably among the smartest dinosaurs. Its brain is proportionally larger than those found in living reptiles, so the animal may have been as intelligent as modern birds, which are more similar in brain size.
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Are Velociraptors the smartest dinosaur?

Velociraptors were Dromaeosaurids, among the dinosaurs with the very highest level, so they were truly smart among dinosaurs. On this ranking, they were probably a bit smarter than rabbits and not quite as smart as cats and dogs.
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What dinosaurs were intelligent?

The 10 Smartest Dinosaurs of the Mesozoic Era
  • of 10. Troodon. Model of a gray feathered Troodon with red comb on top of its head. ...
  • of 10. Deinonychus. ...
  • of 10. Compsognathus. ...
  • of 10. Tyrannosaurus Rex. ...
  • of 10. Oviraptor. ...
  • of 10. Maiasaura. ...
  • of 10. Allosaurus. ...
  • of 10. Ornithomimus.
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What was the least intelligent dinosaur?

Because of this incredibly disproportionate brain to body ratio, Stegosaurus has historically been known as the dumbest dinosaur, a fact that was seemingly backed up by a proposed “second brain” located around the animal's hip.
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How intelligent is the T Rex?

rex. By calculating the ratio of brain size to body size as a measure of intelligence (modern day animal scientists use this ratio as an approximation), we can infer that the T. rex about matches a chimp on smarts, and was quite a bit keener than a pet cat or dog.
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What dinosaur had the biggest brain?

Troodontids (formerly Saurornithoidids) were remarkable in having the largest brain-to-body size ratio of all non-avian dinosaurs, possibly making them the most intelligent dinosaurs on a level with the smartest birds.
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What animal has the biggest brain?

Fun Facts. The sperm whale has the biggest brain of any animal species, weighing up to 20 pounds (7 to 9 kilograms). Larger brains don't necessarily make a smarter mammal.
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What is the deadliest dinosaur?

Tyrannosaurus rex

The “king of the tyrant lizards” will always be one of the scariest and deadliest dinosaurs around with a bite force three times that of a great white shark - making it the strongest bite force of any land animal that has ever lived.
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What was the strongest dinosaur?

Tyrannosaurus, meaning "tyrant lizard", from the Ancient Greek tyrannos, "tyrant", and sauros, "lizard" is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur. It also had a tremendous bite force, the strongest of any dinosaur and living terrestrial animal. Its bite force reached up to 12,800 pounds.
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What dinosaur was the fastest?

The fastest dinosaur could be the Struthiomimus, running up to 60 mph (96 kph). The dinosaur Compsognathus ran around 40 mph (64 kph), and the Megalosaurus ran about 30 mph (48 kph). The Dilophosaurus could run about 20 mph (32 kph).
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Did T. rex have a small brain?

Although the ratio of brain size to body mass was very small for T. rex, it was larger than most other dinosaurs. T. rex's brain was larger than the human brain, but the cerebrum (the part of the brain that we use to think) was tiny.
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Who is the smartest of all time?

To those who knew of his son, William James Sidis was quite possibly the smartest man who ever lived. Born in Boston in 1898, William James Sidis made the headlines in the early 20th century as a child prodigy with an amazing intellect. His IQ was estimated to be 50 to 100 points higher than Albert Einstein's.
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What was the smartest persons IQ?

Marilyn vos Savant was born in 1946 in Missouri. In 1986 the columnist and author made history when she was named in The Guinness Book of World Records as the person possessing the highest IQ, with a reported score of 228.
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Is troodon smarter than Velociraptor?

No. Troodon is believed to be the smartest dinosaur.
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How smart were Troodons?

Troodon had a large brain for its relatively small size and was probably among the smartest dinosaurs. Its brain is proportionally larger than those found in living reptiles, so the animal may have been as intelligent as modern birds, which are more similar in brain size.
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What killed the T. rex?

rex went extinct during the K-T mass extinction, about 65 million years ago. This extinction killed the remaining dinosaurs (not just T. rex) and many other animal and plant groups. This extinction was probably caused by a catastrophic asteroid colliding with Earth.
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Who is stronger than T. rex?

But perhaps the biggest difference between the movie's Spinosaurus and the real-life Spinosaurus is the force of its bite. In Jurassic Park 3, the Spinosaurus easily defeated the T-rex by clenching its neck tightly between its jaws.
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What dinosaur is still alive?

In an evolutionary sense, birds are a living group of dinosaurs because they descended from the common ancestor of all dinosaurs. Other than birds, however, there is no scientific evidence that any dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, Apatosaurus, Stegosaurus, or Triceratops, are still alive.
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What dinosaur can beat T. rex?

A Tyrannosaurus Rex might be known for its ferocious bite, but now scientists say a caiman that lived eight million years ago, had a bite TWICE as powerful. Known as Purussaurus brasiliensis, the reptilian predator lived in the Amazon region in South America.
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What is the cutest dinosaur?

Top 10 Cutest Dinosaurs of the Mesozoic Era
  • of 10. Gigantoraptor. ...
  • of 10. Leaellynasaura. ...
  • of 10. Limusaurus. ...
  • of 10. Mei. ...
  • of 10. Micropachycephalosaurus. ...
  • of 10. Minmi. ...
  • of 10. Nothronychus. ...
  • of 10. Unaysaurus. Fossils of the Unaysaurus have been found in the Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.
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Which dinosaur would win a fight?

Tyrannosaurus rex

rex reigns supreme in the dinosaur battle ring. Its powerful bite could generate between 8,000 to 12,000 pounds of force, said Evan Johnson-Ransom, a vertebrate paleontologist completing his master's degree at Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences.
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What animal never dies?

To date, there's only one species that has been called 'biologically immortal': the jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii. These small, transparent animals hang out in oceans around the world and can turn back time by reverting to an earlier stage of their life cycle.
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What animal has 32 brains?

Leech has 32 brains. A leech's internal structure is segregated into 32 separate segments, and each of these segments has its own brain. Leech is an annelid.
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What animal has no brain?

Almost all animals have a brain, but there are a few exceptions. There is one organism that has no brain or nervous tissue of any kind: the sponge. Sponges are simple animals, surviving on the sea floor by taking nutrients into their porous bodies.
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