So far, no opposable thumbs, fire or (to my knowledge) vocal chords to allow communication. No tool-making abilities either, and few social rituals. But if http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ag3mflkzaExNaLIWnidRKUcgBgx.?qid=20060617151152AA5IK9H comes to pass, it strikes me that being aquatic might give you a bit more stability to survive the apocalypse that wipes out the humans.
2006-06-17 23:28:54 · 16 answers · asked by wild_eep 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Fair point, mesperanto, I hadn't considered aquatic mammals. They do talk. But thumbs? The amphibians sound more likely on that score...
2006-06-17 23:36:43 · update #1
I'm not sure what you intended your quetsion to be.
As mesperanto pointed out fish have already veolve dinto the only intelligent race we know of. There is no reason to believe they wouldn't do so again if the opportunity presented.
Are you perhaps trying to ask if it i possible for an intelligent species to evolve in an aquatic environemnt? It is possible but very unlikely. The three dimensional nature of water makes a lot of problem solving skills redundant since all aquatic cretaures can 'fly'. Added to that fire is not possible underwater and without an external energy source there are some very severe limits on the benefits of intelligence.
As far as vocal chords go, only mammals have them so obviously fish can never be intelligent if that is a criterion for intelligence. Neithe rcna birds or amphibians or reptiles or... Of course you don't need vocal chords to communicate using sound and most fish species manage to make sound quite fine without vocal chords.
As for the ocean being a better place to be that is dubious. Oceans are just as vulnerable to change as the land.
2006-06-18 00:12:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
Why should fish succeed where man has failed?
In reality, we came and evolved from fish, so the answer (making the gross assumption that man is intelligent- and I'm going out on a limb with that statement) is yes, they already have.
Plus, wouldn't you count whales and dolphins as fitting your aquatic category of intelligence?
2006-06-17 23:33:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-14 06:41:32 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Helllooooo, I'm a fish, look, see, look at my avi, I'm clearly a very well evolved fishy! :P
So yes, we can evolve, unfortunately the memory and intelligence aren't quite as superior as certain British races, but we are definitely more superior to a particular land based race! :)
2006-06-19 05:30:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eventually the descendents of fish may be super intelligent but they'll probably also be unrecognisable as fish.
2006-06-17 23:38:56 · answer #5 · answered by mickyrisk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All shall fear the coming of Dagon!
2006-06-18 00:46:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Frogs and salamanders maybe, but not fish.
2006-06-17 23:31:24 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They already have! Its us! we've come from fish....once upon a time...
2006-06-18 05:55:58 · answer #8 · answered by sdog 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who cares homosapiens dont want any competition
2006-06-17 23:30:39 · answer #9 · answered by markski037 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
just give them time and we will all be their slaves
2006-06-17 23:35:04 · answer #10 · answered by Smile-for-me :) 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋