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11 Jul 2025, 9:42 am

God must be the most dominant. He's big enough to hold the whole world in his hands.


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11 Jul 2025, 11:00 am

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Could there be a more dominant species than humans


Well rats have similar complex social intelligence to humans, except they can't talk or read. If they did then they might take over the world. Imagine in 2,000 years time rats evolved to have human intelligence. That'd be so cool.


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11 Jul 2025, 6:42 pm

Why is WP so slow today?



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11 Jul 2025, 7:04 pm

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Could there be a more dominant species than humans


Argentine ants (Linepithema humile), imported red fire ants (Solenopsis invicta), tropical fire ants (Solenopsis geminata) and some others that form supercolonies might come close, depending on how you define dominant.

Brown, black and Polynesian rats might come close. They've taken over all sorts of islands and often outlasted the humans who brought them.


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11 Jul 2025, 7:19 pm

Tamaya wrote:
babybird wrote:
Could there be a more dominant species than humans


Well rats have similar complex social intelligence to humans, except they can't talk or read. If they did then they might take over the world. Imagine in 2,000 years time rats evolved to have human intelligence. That'd be so cool.


Rats definitely seem like one of the animals that might have language skills, in the same manner as whales and some primates.

Prairie dogs appear to:

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Con Slobodchikoff studied prairie dog communication and discovered that they use different alarm calls and escape behaviors for different species of predators. Their calls transmit semantic information, which was demonstrated when playbacks of alarm calls in the absence of predators led to escape behavior appropriate for the types of predators associated with the calls. The alarm calls also contain descriptive information about the general size, color, and speed of the predator.


It wouldn't surprise me if rats might come closer to talking than we realize.


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11 Jul 2025, 8:25 pm

I know of three talking rats from London.


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12 Jul 2025, 3:55 am

I should get a trumpet me


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12 Jul 2025, 3:59 am

Umpa Umpa
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12 Jul 2025, 4:42 am

Best make sure I take my factor 30 out with me

My superhuman powers don't extend to uv rays


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12 Jul 2025, 6:08 am

I'm starting to get misophonia with the bleep sound that is heard when someone swears on a YouTube video.


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12 Jul 2025, 6:29 am

Keep your feet cool and the rest of you will be cool too

That's what I'm saying anyway


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12 Jul 2025, 8:09 am

What a fantastic time to be alive

That's all I can say


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12 Jul 2025, 9:44 am

It's a bit like this innit

Whoa to the left
Whoa to the right

Where am I gonna land
Who's still gonna love me
Who's still gonna hate me

That's opinion polls for you
C'est la vie

That's all I can say on the matter

I'm gonna make a picture of it when I go to art club


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12 Jul 2025, 10:16 am

Loads of people wear Sketchers these days


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12 Jul 2025, 10:49 am

Duck you!
Truck you!
Flip you!
Flop you!

That's what I'm saying


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12 Jul 2025, 4:13 pm

Canada's getting hammered by the Americans in men's water polo. This just doesn't seem to be my day.


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