• Question: If a animal ever takes over(becomes simiar to the humans, runs the world) what do you think it will be?

    Asked by xx.CAITLIN.xx to MarthaNari, Jonny, Hannah, Alison on 21 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Alison Whitaker

      Alison Whitaker answered on 21 Jun 2015:

      Well, I don’t think animals ever truly, consciously take over. Human DNA evolved to destruct a lot of other species (often in a way that is bad for us actually). The way I look at it is that DNA is carried in different species in a bid to continue life over generations. I think DNA in a disease, or a highly destructive insect would be the most likely candidate to wipe out human DNA and carry a different strain of life as a dominant life form.

    • Photo: Jonny Brooks-Bartlett

      Jonny Brooks-Bartlett answered on 21 Jun 2015:

      I agree with Alison on this one. But if I had to come up with something really far-fetched then perhaps it would be land dwelling dolphins…… Just a thought 🙂

    • Photo: Martha Havenith

      Martha Havenith answered on 21 Jun 2015:

      Ha, that’s a cool question… of course it depends on how you define ‘run’. Let’s say humans mess up somehow and die out. I can imagine that one of the insect species (like ants, cockroaches…) could take over large bits of the planet. That kind of ‘colony mind’ could be really intelligent too, just in a very different way from humans. In terms of a more human-like smart species… I’m sure it would take a few million years, but I’m rooting for the land-dwelling octopus!

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