If humans go extinct octopuses won't take over
>>4930752Octopuses are really only impressive by invertebrate standards. They get overrated because of that and because their big head makes them look "brainy."
>>4931834parrots are the shit
>>4930752>>4931834>>4931891Vertebrates cope.
>>4930752By the time humans go extinct the only thing left to take over will be owlflies
>>4931834Cephalopods like octopus and cuttlefish are still in the running for smartest (nonhuman) animal even when compared to vertebrates like crows, chimps, and dolphins. They're not overrated just because they're invertebrates.
>>4932175Doesn't mean they can take over when we die. They need millions of years to be terrestrial, and by then either:A. All land animals are long gone cause of usB. They aren't dead and many predators are still alive and possibly evolved to be more dangerous, making a harsh environment for a soft-bodied animal
>>4930752CorrectIt would be the birds
>>4932175Octopuses have a very short lifespan, no way of transmitting knowledge to future generations, and are a common prey species for many marine animals.
I fucking hate this smart animals meme. Octopods are not intelligent, they are mindless sea bugs like every other slimy cretinous bottomfeeder. Oh wow it randomly flailed its tentacles around until it managed to open a jar and then remembered how it did that? Whoooooooa bro that's like an eight year old non-White level of intelligence! So fucking dumb. Same shit for crows. Wow it dropped an egg from the air to break it, that's not reasoning that's just existing in physical reality which the crow has no fucking clue about beyond its limited experiences in life. If any newfags are reading this EVERY SINGLE attempt to prop up lower, non-human animals as having human scale logic and reasoning abilities IS A ZOOFAG trying to pave the way to legitimize fucking birds and seals. Literally every time.
>>4932643>Whoooooooa bro that's like an eight year old non-White level of intelligence!I mean yeah that's basically what they are often getting compared to (córvids and other smart animals), having the intelligence of an elementary school child without the baggage of being helpless on their own and dependent on some kind of parental figure. Which isn't as impressive as a human adult but still impressive for an animal
