>>33966202the thing is, a lot of animals have intellectual capability that's fairly close to human one, but they tend to lack a couple of traits that make creating technology impossible
>short lifespansmakes compounding knowledge and passing it further impossible/improbable over extended periods of time
>lack of opposable thumbs/other kind of dextrous manipulatorheavily limits the amount and type of tools that can be used
>lack of access to combustible energydolphins/octopi can never discover how to make fire in natural environment, which is a basis for metallurgy, chemistry and tons of other branches of industry
