Padraic Brown wrote:
>
> Perhaps survival in the trecherous world of the abysmal deep? Not too
> different in many ways from our early ancestors: soft-n-juicy, not
> much in the way of pointy teeth or defence mechanisms except by
> running away. Apparently octopi can figure things out and teach others
> - not too dissimilarly from us.
>
Very near to us in fact! We have it! The other sentient species on
Earth (and who knows, maybe there are not just only two of them).
> I don't think they make noises. I don't think they have ears.
> Perhaps they use sign language - or maybe make use of electricity.
> Perhaps a kind of telepathy? Can they detect electrical charges from
> their medium?
>
I think so, I think I remember seeing a program about the fact they
could produce small electrical charges and detect them. Not sure of it
though.
> Padraic.
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