Speculative Evolution: Sapient Predators and Sapient Prey

[@thenerdbeast7375]

Sapience is actually defined by a certain amount of self awareness and deeper thought, not necessarily by intelligence comparable to ours.

[@dboot8886]

It's what we thought it used to mean. Turns out it's sophont.

[@thenerdbeast7375]

@@dboot8886 Sophont refers to a sapient organism, Sapience is the intrinsic act of having self awareness.

[@onewingedangel9189]

It's really just a fancy term we made up to make ourselves seem special. No one can really agree on what it means because any definition is post hoc. Even the definition you gave has the obvious and impossible to answer follow up question of "what amount?"

[@theonpointheavy4401]

@@onewingedangel9189Welp since nothing else can tell us otherwise save for other humans does it really matter?

[@girlbuu9403]

Scrolled down to say this. It is why it is a big deal when an animal species consistently recognizes itself in a mirror and why whether or not Coco the gorilla is actually communicating through ASL or making the symbols her keeper expects of her is such a massive controversy. Those are signs of sapience.

[@patriot9487]

So the biggest thing I learned from this video, is that a Big Mac is roughly 7 centimeters.

[@omnisundae]

Yeah, 6.985 centimeters 😭

[@PedroGelabert777]

It is great to finally see your childhood stories expressed in full color!

[@TheFakeGooberGoblin]

Hell yeah you got the makings of a good speculative biology author and artist, keep it up brother

[@theunfunnyyoutuber]

I love how the creatures kinda look like pokemon

[@Ledinosour673]

fun fact: sapient predators and prey are alredy a thing on earth, orcas commonly prey on smaller dolphins, both can feel human-like emotions and have a sense of self

[@toyotawitha20mm35]

its still disputed if this is true or not, i personally i agree that they are sapient beings but it hasnt been fully scientifically proven yet, so take that fact with a grain of salt. unlike other land dwelling animals , orcas cannot really show their intelligence to us like other animals because they cannot manipulate the environment around them, and their languages are so alien to us that it will take years before we even begin to understand them. i am not sure if an orca has a moral compass or not, which is something i think is a requirement of being sapient. as i said this is entirely a possibility, i wouldnt be surprised at all if they were truly sapient but its not set in stone.

[@holey5065]

nature of predators be like:

[@yea-gi9kl]

Funny enough I was about to read it until I came cross this video

[@cryptid-artha]

NGL... I would LOVE to see a story about this setting! The fact that it's something from your childhood brought back just makes it so special, keep it up! :D

[@pacecory1]

unique speculative fiction about a fantasy world? Well sign me up, this is amazing.

[@BrunoMaricFromZagreb]

SpacePaladin15 & his subreddit would've LOVED your world!

[@wall_rot]

into speculative biology AND pokemon?? I’m a fan 😌

[@wall_rot]

this is a really fun niche you have

[@tysondennis1016]

Only one person can come up with PREDATORY HUMAN SIZED INTELLIGENT BOWLER PSYCHIC BATS.

[@williamlaidlow4631]

This is amazing! I love it

[@patricetierney4909]

Measuring in Big Mac's is amazing lol

[@ghostshrimp5006]

That’s an existentially horrifying idea

[@Troy-q6l]

Amazing Art! :D

[@ConnorCocoas]

I think this is cool, brilliant job. I love your creativity

[@mmiov]

I love your creativity!

[@mask_vids9834]

crazimals evolving into sonic characters?

[@the_blue_jay_raptor]

Are there any Crazimals who are friends with Padogs? It would be a cool Romeo and Juliet story

[@tysondennis1016]

Such a cool idea!

[@AidanDaGreat]

As an American, I appreciate the big mac measurements.

[@mlgsamantha5863]

I hope this guy played Spore when he was a kid, because if he didn't then man he was missing out.

[@tysondennis1016]

Correction: Gravity gets stronger the closer you approach a planet's center. If you were halfway between the center of the Earth and the surface, you'd experience four times the gravity you experience at the surface. However, at the dead center of the Earth, gravity is zero, as the gravity is acting on all sides.

[@omnisundae]

You’re right 😳 I thought the mass between the surface and the core made a significant difference, but apparently not. I don’t know where I learned that it did, but I definitely shoulda just googled it 🥲🥲

[@sharondornhoff7563]

If the two species from Pamela wound up on the savannah, where are the ernimals finding enough trees to pupate inside? Also, has it ever occurred to the prey species to make, y'know, weapons or fortified shelters?

[@theunfunnyyoutuber]

that one guy who disliked is a bozo

[@victorricardoruizortiz4415]

Me gusto el video

[@iamacat8488]

I hope you get a 1K subs

[@Littlekoji-df1cf]

Grawediggers and Antlear woodgrafters

[@furnaceheadgames9001]

13:06 that's also how I fixed that issue in my project (vgtyfvygtv)

[@AmaVandiloveit2006]

Sorry I meant to say Fox civilization with atomic age civilization.

[@dubuyajay9964]

04:47. How do the plants live without sunlight?

[@omnisundae]

I imagine the UV from the lava would help them somewhat, maybe they’re more efficient at photosynthesis than the plants we’re used to. I think most of the flora would be fungal, though. That works better

[@bricksaberfilms5057]

Make a Pokémon region with these

[@Littlekoji-df1cf]

2:13 chadog😂

[@AmaVandiloveit2006]

Do Sentient foxes with a Tomic age civilization.

[@elshebactm6769]

🗿👍

[@Speed001]

We're sapient and sentient, right?

[@omnisundae]

According to google, sapience is "the ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight". So yeah, I'd like to think we're sapient; and there might even be other animals on earth that have sapience. Humans are definitely the ones they had in mind when they defined sapience though. Homo sapiens and alla that. Sentience is "the ability to percieve or feel things", which is much more broad. The reason I don't say "sentient predators and prey" or anything like that is because most mammals are probably sentient. Probably most birds too, it's just something that comes with a more developed brain. Short answer: Yes, we're sapient and sentient

[@BrunoMaricFromZagreb]

The simplified version is that "sentient" is for anything that can think,while "sapient" is exclusively for people.For an example,take a look at both fictional & real-life AI,& you'll notice that it's pretty easy to notice which machines are people.

[@Speed001]

@BrunoMaricFromZagreb Yeah, i like to think of sapient as self-aware, metacognition. Sentient is just being able to think.

[@Danielrv2fn]

Do they kill the babies? 💀

[@Speed001]

Found you

[@Cherry-ki3ln]

Ngl this video was insanely disappointing. It's just your worldbuilding project that has almost nothing to do with spec evo. I also expected you to actually delve into the subject of the video as in intelligent prey and predator and their relationships. This probably sounds mean, but you pretty much clickbaited people. I would love to watch the video that the title suggested, but unfortunately that does not exist.

[@omnisundae]

How could I include more spec evo? I’ve got criticism like this before and done my best to get more in depth with that aspect of things and describing as much as I can. I hope my newer videos are better, but if not could you give me some pointers on what to add? I remember talking in some depth about how Crazimal culture deals with Padogs being sapient, but I agree that it was a bit shallow and I plan on talking about that more in a future video like I did with the Anthropology video on Sapient Dragons. I’m sorry you didn’t like the video, and I’m trying my best to make good and better content ❤️

[@TroyTheCatFish]

Amazing Video and Fantastic Art! :D

[@TroyTheCatFish]

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