Cockroaches so don’t need us.
More voting for the raccoons. Those things are scary-smart.
I agree. Roaches and rats flourish in niches we’ve created, but they also flourish in a variety of naturally-ocurring niches as well.
Well, they don’t strictly need us, but they’d really miss the things we throw away or leave lying around, a record no other species can match!
What species has the largest total biomass right now?
And what animal species has the largest biomass?
My acorns are on the bluejays. They’re among the smartest of birds, extremely adaptable, and already display rudimentary nut-hoarding behavior.
minor nitpick It was actually called the Squibbon.
Originally Posted by Boulter’s Canary
Parrots. Manual dexterity, intelligence, they’re social and they can fly.
They can manipulate objects almost as well as if they had an opposable thumb is what I meant.
What I think I meant.
OK, OK - I’m just typing what my cockatiel overlord tells me to type.