# Dawn Of The Planet Of The..........?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 24, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the/691552 "2014-06-24T18:39:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the/691552/21 "2014-06-25T14:35:20Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> We left the planet to go elsewhere, and left pretty much everything else behind.

Yeah, that sounds like us.

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the/691552/22 "2014-06-25T14:49:50Z")

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I don’t know what species would rise to power left to its own devices, but as far as bequeathing, I’d say give human intelligence to the ants. Not to individual ants but to the colony as an entity.

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