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You need hands and thumbs to manipulate the environment. Or maybe it would work if you’re an octopus but I don’t think they live long enough. Birds would need t
by wil421 7y ago
You need hands and thumbs to manipulate the environment. Or maybe it would work if you’re an octopus but I don’t think they live long enough. Birds would need to give up flight and have stronger bones.
- dorfsmay 7y agoI think the ability to transmit complex information, like talking, is more important than thumb. Other animals have the equivalent of thumbs and have not created technology.
- madhadron 7y agoZygodactyl birds like parrots do quite well with a claw and their beak, both of which are opposable. Ravens and crows mostly just use their beak, which also works quite well based on watching them out my window.
- jelliclesfarm 7y agoCrows are passerine. If they perch on a branch..their feet automatically clamp making them ‘glued’ to the branch..I don’t know how that ties in..but I have always wondered why they evolved like that..