Not mine. They're around 160 million years old apparently. They became extinct even without our help. Darwins theory seems legit. We'll all be getting dug out of rocks in another 100 million years with whatever the next dominant intelligent life is that develops on our rock. I wonder if they'll still be knocking lumps out of each other and squabbling over resources and land?
I think it’ll be something that evolves from Orcas. I’ve seen reports of them attacking boats. They go for the same thing (the rudder) every time they do it. Which means they know that will disable the boat.
A captain whose boat had been attacked twice said the 2nd time they communicated much less, were much more organized, did a better job, and were even faster at doing it. This shows advanced problem solving intelligence.
Add to the fact their intelligence is already equivalent to a 16 year old, for reference an octopus is only as smart as a 3 year old. 100 million years later Orca intelligence could be on par with a 25 year old.
I mean it’s a great theory but you’re kind of forgetting one thing: we are capable of and actively destroy anything we can’t control. If any animal species becomes advanced and/or bold enough to actively attack us in organized fashion they will shortly become extinct or near to it.
The Orca swan song is going to happen soon then. Google tells me that around 250 boats have been damaged or disabled by them and 8 have been outright sunk (6 yachts and 2 fishing vessels).
Yeah eventually they’re going to piss off someone with enough money to convince the governments that they need to be dealt with. I mean plenty of people will oppose obviously but at the end of the day most of the world doesn’t abide by the laws of first world countries. All it takes is the right person having a vested interest in making them go away.
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u/EstablishmentReal156 2d ago
Not mine. They're around 160 million years old apparently. They became extinct even without our help. Darwins theory seems legit. We'll all be getting dug out of rocks in another 100 million years with whatever the next dominant intelligent life is that develops on our rock. I wonder if they'll still be knocking lumps out of each other and squabbling over resources and land?