Comparing across animals in the image, do you think there is a major difference in animals' abilities to regulate unconscious functions like heart rate and breathing rate?  Why or why not?

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Comparing across animals in the image, do you think there is a major difference in animals' abilities to regulate unconscious functions like heart rate and breathing rate?  Why or why not?

 

5 cm
Capybara
Rhesus
Macaque
Western
Gorilla
African Bush
Elephant
Human
non-primate
primate
primate
primate
non-primate
48.2 g
69.8 g
377 g
1232 g
2848 g
0.3
1.71
9.1
16.3
5.59
billion
billion
billion
billion
billion
neurons
neurons
neurons
neurons
neurons
Transcribed Image Text:5 cm Capybara Rhesus Macaque Western Gorilla African Bush Elephant Human non-primate primate primate primate non-primate 48.2 g 69.8 g 377 g 1232 g 2848 g 0.3 1.71 9.1 16.3 5.59 billion billion billion billion billion neurons neurons neurons neurons neurons
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The nervous system is one of the vital systems of a body. It is a system of nerves which carry information within the body from one place to another. The nervous system helps in the perception of senses, controls vital processes, helps us to think and memorize and also controls involuntary processes.

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