# If humans hadn't invented item X first, which other animal would have? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 27, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-humans-hadnt-invented-item-x-first-which-other-animal-would-have/984684 "2023-05-27T21:45:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-humans-hadnt-invented-item-x-first-which-other-animal-would-have/984684/1 "2023-05-27T21:45:29Z")
My contribution: if we hadn’t invented the sofa, cats would have. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-humans-hadnt-invented-item-x-first-which-other-animal-would-have/984684/2 "2023-05-27T22:12:48Z")
If we hadn’t invented cars with windows, dogs would have. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-humans-hadnt-invented-item-x-first-which-other-animal-would-have/984684/3 "2023-05-27T22:49:56Z")
If we hadn’t invented bird feeders, squirrels would have. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-humans-hadnt-invented-item-x-first-which-other-animal-would-have/984684/4 "2023-05-28T00:50:56Z")
If we hadn’t invented lawyers, snakes would have. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-humans-hadnt-invented-item-x-first-which-other-animal-would-have/984684/5 "2023-05-28T00:53:23Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > If we hadn’t invented lawyers, snakes would have… Based on the logical pattern of prior posts, shouldn’t lawyers have been invented by benthic sea creatures? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-humans-hadnt-invented-item-x-first-which-other-animal-would-have/984684/6 "2023-05-28T00:56:43Z")
If we hadn’t invented SARS-CoV-2, bats would have. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-humans-hadnt-invented-item-x-first-which-other-animal-would-have/984684/7 "2023-05-28T21:24:39Z")
If we hadn’t invented airplanes, suicidal ducks would have. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-humans-hadnt-invented-item-x-first-which-other-animal-would-have/984684/8 "2023-05-28T21:59:05Z")
If @EinsteinsHund handn’t invented this thread first, @Gatopescado wouldn’t have fished the cat but @Beckdawrek would have wrecked it bad, bad, badly anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-humans-hadnt-invented-item-x-first-which-other-animal-would-have/984684/9 "2023-05-28T22:06:44Z")
If @Ed_Zotti hadn’t invented @Cecil_Adams he would have invented himself. ☺ (What an animal!) ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-humans-hadnt-invented-item-x-first-which-other-animal-would-have/984684/10 "2023-05-29T10:19:52Z")
If we hadn’t invented the wheel, hamsters would have.