Re: planets

Dan Sulani wrote:
>
> 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_!  ;-)
        Very true! :) But in a more serious way, I think one of the criterion
to consider another species intelligent is whether they have artists
(any kind of) and people who appreciate (or dislike, but at least don't
stay insensitive) what they do. For me, it's more important than
technology.

> (OK! Truth time: which of you List members
> is typing with tentacles?   :-)   )
>
        Sometimes I think that if I wanted to type right and fast I would need
a bunch of tentacles, each one on one key.

> 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.)
>
        I've heard of that about whales. Bubbles: nice kind of technology :) .

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