After we humans wipe ourselves out, my money’s on either squirrels or raccoons to replace us as the next intelligent, tool-using species on Earth. We’ve been training them with food rewards to solve ever-more-complicated puzzles, and simple evolutionary theory says that the ones who are good at it will survive, thrive, and reproduce. Right now, my money’s on the cōōns, because they’ve got a head start in the opposable-thumb department, but maybe the arboreal capacities of the tree rats will offset it. Sadly, I won’t be around to see how it all turns out.
uniquename 12 days ago
Opposing opposable thumb stories.
Ned Snipes 11 days ago
Just give him a thumbs up.
dbrucepm 11 days ago
or his reprehensile tail
PraiseofFolly 11 days ago
The female apes might be gossiping about the knuckle-walking male ape’s new version ‘The Move’.
sandpiper 11 days ago
Mouse? Moose? What monkey tribe looks like that?
InTraining Premium Member 11 days ago
They are gonna have to slide over a bit to make room for him… what could go wrong…?
hogcabin77 11 days ago
He’s not ape handed anymore.
CountOlaf2.0 Premium Member 11 days ago
All those who oppose the issue raise your thumbless hand.
Richard S Russell Premium Member 11 days ago
After we humans wipe ourselves out, my money’s on either squirrels or raccoons to replace us as the next intelligent, tool-using species on Earth. We’ve been training them with food rewards to solve ever-more-complicated puzzles, and simple evolutionary theory says that the ones who are good at it will survive, thrive, and reproduce. Right now, my money’s on the cōōns, because they’ve got a head start in the opposable-thumb department, but maybe the arboreal capacities of the tree rats will offset it. Sadly, I won’t be around to see how it all turns out.
Spiffy 11 days ago
Whatever you do, don’t accept any challenges to a thumb war.
paullp Premium Member 11 days ago
Yeah, it’s always the ones who get the latest upgrades who have to brag about them.