r/Weird • u/TheOddityCollector • 1d ago

This cluster of fossilised creatures look like they came from another planet

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u/bubbacanyon2 1d ago

Humans can not allow another creature to be the apex predator of our planet. The orcas have not decided that humans need to be killed or are a prey species which is why so few people have ever been attacked by them.

Big cats and wolves were once the dominant predators but humans have evolved and developed tools to control them.

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u/Lightsaber_dildo 1d ago

I think people seriously underestimate the value of having digits/hands. Tell me how Orcas are supposed to develop anything without efficient tool use? Maybe I'm just unimaginative, but that seems like it might even be the limiting factor for a break through like hominids had.

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u/ConspicuousPineapple 1d ago

Opposable thumbs are well accepted as the main factor behind the increased intelligence of primates (including us).

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u/obli__ 1d ago

They'll take a few million years to crawl out of the ocean and evolve hands. Bam, ya got whale humans

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u/Junkyard_DrCrash 1d ago

Yup. That's why we have canned tuna and tennis balls.

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u/AnonymousWombat229 1d ago

tools to control them.

Treats?