In a hypocritical scenario where we released the bacteria gasses in the air that scales any species of animal (mammals, reptiles, invertebrates and vertebrates) their higher level of intelligence
Which species would be the most intellectually smart?
Hear me out: mosquitos. They’re already the most deadly animal to humans because of all the diseases they carry. Imagine them being able to use tools, bypass our usual safety measures, and basically coordinate biological warfare. I’m onto you little bastards.
@Ollie
They don’t have the manual dexterity and opposable thumbs required to be effective tool users. Raw strength only goes so far. What makes humans unique isn’t just our intelligence. It’s our hands.
I figure Ants, or possibly their flying Hymenopteran relatives. Working together seamlessly, they could take over the world but quickly. Now which of those species will win? That’s a good question. We need to run this simulation, and then take their weapon and tech ideas as our own.
We know dogs and pigs would be fascists because of how they operate in nature (dogs) and George Orwell from Animal Farm… So I would eliminate them. Elephants maybe?
Still us. We’ve got the hands to build machines and write, and the physiology to speak.
While some whales could compete with us in terms of spoken language, none could even come close to us in terms of writing and engineering. Elephants would be a distant second, and everything else far behind.
I suppose ants could stand a small chance because of their numbers. With human-level organization, they would pose a challenge.