The article I found goes over the skulls of animals that have cushioning around their brains for tough, head-on impacts without causing internal damage. It circles a collector who discusses different animals and how their particular skull is adapted to their lifestyle.
It also points out other types of skulls, like those of grass eaters, birds, and large predators. I've watched different documentaries on animals and have seen how musk ox and rams have certain brain protection or just bigger skulls, and how big cats and crocodiles have powerful crushing jaws built into their skulls.
I'm hoping to make this picture diagram-y and more on the science side. I want to show the different parts of the skull, put some labels here and there and some lines to interest the reader to see what the labels are for.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/science/skulls-engineered-to-take-hard-knocks.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&ref=animals
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