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Re:Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primaril... by outworlder on Thursday September 24, 2020 @06:35PM (#24584475)
> Besides lacking thumbs, dolphins would also have a pretty hard time harnessing fire as a tool.

I keep reading about this, and I don't see it as a major problem.

Sure, it might take a while for them to even grasp the concept of fire. Much like it took us a while to grasp relativity.

However, once they know it to be possible, it's an engineering problem. They can build their forges above water. Holding breath to operate them (until they can do it remotely) is inconvenient but they are pretty good at it.

There's also a fair bit of construction they could do without even resorting to that. Humans can weld underwater. They could too.

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Re:Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primaril... by NobodyNada on Thursday September 24, 2020 @06:40PM (#24584518)
> Holding breath to operate them (until they can do it remotely) is inconvenient but they are pretty good at it.

Nitpick: Dolphins breathe air.

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Re:Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primaril... by AnimalMuppet on Thursday September 24, 2020 @06:41PM (#24584529)
Humans can weld underwater - with equipment that they built on dry land, using materials that they created on dry land. Could they have created the materials underwater? It would have been hard, even knowing how.
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Re:Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primaril... by TheRealSteel on Thursday September 24, 2020 @07:47PM (#24585005)
Dolphins are mammals like us. They're holding their breath when they're underwater like us :P
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