�us cw�� Ernest Major:

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<26f68794-a939-4105-bf04-85db3d01202f@j1g2000prb.googlegroups.com>,
Inez <savagemouse123@hotmail.com> writes

On Aug 14, 11:42 pm, Tim Tyler <seemy...@googlemail.com> wrote:

Timberwoof wrote:

I suspect that just as when one system of biochemistry establishes
the pattern of life, things that use it will eat anything else
that shows up, it is likely that when one highly intelligent
species shows up, it will limit the opportunities for anything
else to evolve into sentience.

Whales are not "highly intelligent", then?
--

No.  They're all at or below sea level.

Cough. Cough. River dolphins.

Nearly all extinct, which shows you shouldn't go trying to rise above 
your station.