>>718825187
>I didn't hear no bell

Lindy effect and the Fermi paradox suggests that sapience is more akin to a giraffe's neck or a peacock's feathers than the enduring adaptations exhibited by this alligator. Don't get me wrong, there's a good chance that crocks won't make it 80 million years from now either. But you can bet in that case that there'll be something very similar around occupying the same niches.

honorable mention to the brave and industrious honeybee