It seems that these animals think, literally, outside the box of the brain.

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"The brain is really a black box, " Buck says.

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"When the brain swells, it is inside a bony box so has nowhere to go, " he says.

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Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers described Kidd best when he said in April that he "beats you with his brain" noting that Kidd often brought the sort of intangibles that often wouldn't make a box score.

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