Re: planets

On 22 Dec, Christophe wtrote:

>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.
>
>--
>        Christophe Grandsire
>
Very interesting thread.
But, hey guys! We all _know_ that the question to be put
to another intelligent species is not whether or not
they have language, but whether or not they have,
among themselves, _conlangers_!  ;-)
(OK! Truth time: which of you List members
is typing with tentacles?   :-)   )

Re: aquatic technology; I seem to recall that dolphins
(and maybe certain whales) blow bubbles, which they
use as "nets" or "corrals" to herd together schools
of fish in order to facilitate feeding on them.
(It may not be metal, but it gets the job done for them.)

Dan Sulani
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