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Elephants Just Passed a Classic Psychology Test – With More Restraint Than Many Humans (www.sciencealert.com)

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[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 days ago

The thing that got us to #1 was opposable thumbs and intelligence. Other animals have one or the other.

Octopi are dextrous enough without thumbs, but they are solitary animals with relatively short lifespans. If they lived longer and worked together, they would rule the oceans.

[-] dave@feddit.uk 9 points 2 days ago

Children of Ruin paints a glorious picture of the possibilities.

[-] daychilde@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Octopusses are fuckin freaky little creatures how they can squeeze through places (and their relative intelligence). Like a cat, but an order of magnitude moreso. lol