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Which animal will replace humans as Earth's dominant species? This scientist has an idea (www.earth.com)
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His answer is the octopus. What say you?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'd bet on racoons or some primate. They aren't going to get far though until there's enough continental subduction to reveal fresh metal and fossil fuel deposits, and that could take a very, very long time.