Gaab Laboratory

source: http://www.ipmc.cnrs.fr

Your brain uses 20% of your body's energy, but it makes up only 2% of your body's weight
The brain feels like a ripe avocado or a sponge and looks red because of the blood flowing through it
Your brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400g), is about the size of a cantaloupe, and wrinkled like a walnut
The entire area of your skin weighs three times as much as your brain
The brain of a small dog, like a beagle, weighs about 0.16 pounds or 72g, and a cat's brain weighs only about 0.07 pounds or 30g
A newborn baby's brain grows almost 3 times in its first year of life
Humans have the most complex brain of any animal on earth
Your brain is divided into two sides. The left side of your brain controls the right side of your body and the right side of your brain controls the left side of your body.
The human brain is about 75% water