[Aliens]"...solitary giant predator caterpillars. Civilization wasn't easy for us"

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by Dinadon

A quirk at most I'd say.

Then why are vegetarians/herbivores a bigger deal?

Originally Posted by Dinadon

Unfortunately the best examples of multiple limbs are cephalopods, and they use their extra arms for just that. More relevant creatures are monkeys. They use their tail as an extra limb, making climbing easier. The size of the creature means weight is an issue. Lots of limbs means you can distribute your weight across more, and thus lighter, branches. However good limb control isn't really a higher brain function, and it's higher brain functions that I feel are important for being good at multiple things at once. Given these are vision based I would put that as the limiter.

So . . . Enhanced Tracking? Because CM is overkill.

Originally Posted by Dinadon

Interloper, in this case, means being seen as a rival for the territory. Juveniles shouldn't be big enough for this to be issue, assuming they even look similar. Also you need somehow to have both lateral and downwards knowledge propagation. Solitary only lends itself to downwards, but I think you need both for a society to grow and develop.

Make no mistake, the quote in the title is very serious. Their ascension to civilization should be difficult. Come to think of it, I wonder how would a society look if most lateral exchange of knowledge was essentially pillow talk.