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 8 days ago
Opposing opposable thumb stories.
Ned Snipes 8 days ago
Just give him a thumbs up.
dbrucepm 8 days ago
or his reprehensile tail
PraiseofFolly 8 days ago
The female apes might be gossiping about the knuckle-walking male ape’s new version ‘The Move’.
sandpiper 7 days ago
Mouse? Moose? What monkey tribe looks like that?
InTraining Premium Member 7 days ago
They are gonna have to slide over a bit to make room for him… what could go wrong…?
hogcabin77 7 days ago
He’s not ape handed anymore.
CountOlaf2.0 Premium Member 7 days ago
All those who oppose the issue raise your thumbless hand.
Richard S Russell Premium Member 7 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 7 days ago
Whatever you do, don’t accept any challenges to a thumb war.
paullp Premium Member 7 days ago
Yeah, it’s always the ones who get the latest upgrades who have to brag about them.