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Which animal will replace humans as Earth's dominant species? This scientist has an idea (www.earth.com)

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His answer is the octopus. What say you?

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[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget that they only live 1-2 years. 3 tops. I think this is even more limiting than fire. And if evolutionary pressure leads to longer lifespans somehow, they must overcome the whole dying after mating thing.

[–] seven_phone@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

True, also they do not raise offspring which means zero communication of non-instinctive knowledge between generations.