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That if-then logic block is broken Octopuses will never be able to evolve anything similar to an human societies. To start because they are fiercely solitary a
by pvaldes 4y ago
That if-then logic block is broken
Octopuses will never be able to evolve anything similar to an human societies. To start because they are fiercely solitary and glad to jump to cannibal behavior at the first opportunity. Is a non-social species that will not cooperate with other individuals. This is not a question of how much time you put in the mix. They are a different animal that wants different things than us.
- shagymoe 4y ago>they are fiercely solitary and glad to jump to cannibal behavior at the first opportunity You could probably say similar things about early humans.
- pvaldes 4y agoI wouldn't expect that. Primates cooperate all the time with birds, rodents and deer for food or protection. We are brain-wired to search for allies inter and intraspecific. Early humans would most probably do the same. Cephalopods, on the other side, had never been reported cooperating with other species. We still don't know a lot about many species of course so that could change, but even the squids that are strongly gregarious do it in a lose "save yourself" way.
- ljlolel 4y agoAirplane with bullet holes meme. Think it through: If a long lived social octopus species regularly evolved and made civilization that collapsed its species, then the only similar species left would be one that is absurdly solitary and absurdly short lived. Think about it. Evolution is counterintuitive.