squirrels will be next
think about it: apes were successful because they had hands (for climbing trees). Guess who else is climbing trees and has tiny little hands? squirrels.
Nah, raccoons or another ape is my guess. Raccoon hands are freakishly human.
I have 2 raccoons and their greed will be their downfall. They’re so adorable but I can’t give them loving without them giving me a pat down and checking my pockets for any goodies. Once they’re done mugging me THEN they’re all kisses and hugs hahaha
Dolphins are smart enough to know that “taking over” just means responsibility and stress.
Wait your turn sea dog. There are at least 5 different flavors of doritos we haven’t discovered yet.
They could’ve stopped at Purple and my life would be fulfilled enough.
If you’ve ever read the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy then you’d already know these bastards are just gonna peace out when things get real. So long and thanks for all the fish they’ll say as they abandon us to our untimely demise.
They did warn humanity, but they talked to the only sane human on the planet who couldn’t convince anyone else.
What else are they supposed to do?
So long, and thanks for all fish
It hits different when you realize it’s the humans that are leaving.
Crows can use tools and won’t need vehicles to travel. Dolphins don’t stand a chance.
Corvid supremacy! They’ll be the first to operate ancient human technology no doubt
I for one welcome our new dolphin overlords
Nah it won’t be dolphins, they don’t have appendages that can do fine manipulations
My money’s on squid. Super intelligent. Social. Fine dexterity.
Immune to acid ocean waters?
Two words. Prehensile. Penis.
The dolphins and octopods will go to war over who inherits the earth
*octopodes (pronounced, I am reliably informed, like a Greek hero!)
Octopodes nuts 😎
Please downvote me.
Okay 😎
So I’m sure how we conceive of being the dominant species is biased. But if we talk about civilizations and their ability to eventually propagate beyond earth, I don’t think dolphins have it. Their ancestry tried out land and said “nah, back to the water”. Not to mention anything we do that takes humans out of the equation entirely is going to probably kill off the dolphins, apes, elephants, basically most of the mammalians. It’ll be so long before something evolves to take our place as “earthlings” all our works will be fossils at best
On this note; given that it’s suspected that Earth has only a good ~800 million years or so left, that may not even be enough time for another sentient species to emerge with enough time to become technologically sufficient enough to … avert extinction – much less undo some of the damage that we have done. We have to grapple with the idea that if we fail as a species, we’ll be the only and last sentient species on Earth to have emerged. Or as I like to call it: Get filtered, nerd.
rape, rape everywhere
So, same as now. :/
Nah, they’ll peace out as soon as the bulldozers show up
yep. they showed up at the latest landing, they want to hitch a ride off this place. so long and thanks for all the fish!
Dolphins are evil as fuck
Jokes on them, we’ll acidify the ocean
Don’t malign the whole species from some evildoers. ADAB - All Dolphins Aren’t Bad
yeah, but, like, human level evil?
have we talked to them enough to know?
Looks like the dolphins are- AND THE SNAILS ARE GETTING IN THE RING WITH STEEL CHAIRS!?
Honestly it’s not too difficult to do a better job than us
Nah dolphins would fuck it up too. I don’t think they got this.
You’re forgetting octopi, otters, squids, and maybe ants or other social insect.
Octopi are fundamentally against the concept of society. Squid are more open to it but are hard pressed to achieve anything since they die after mating.
Cuttlefish? And crabs!
Dogs have a shot, too
There is a sciemce fiction book on that, from Ray Bradbury.
