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Re:A whale who tried to mimic human speech (2014) by brigandish on Sunday May 02, 2021 @02:36AM (#27012839)
Isn't it the absence of hands that has held them back? (from dominance)

Having hands plus less of or less good neural hardware means less dominance, as we see with our simian cousins, yet having the greatest brain on the planet wouldn't provide dominance without the ability to fabricate things.

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Re:A whale who tried to mimic human speech (2014) by monocasa on Monday May 03, 2021 @12:02AM (#27021500)
Bears and raccoons have very dexterous hands.
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Re:A whale who tried to mimic human speech (2014) by brigandish on Monday May 03, 2021 @08:33PM (#27032718)
Interesting, but they also don’t have the brain of a dolphin. We’re the ones who happened to get both.
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