It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes.

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes.

Humans? Legendary assholes.
Dolphins? Assholes.
Cats are notorious for being jerks.

Dogs, ducks, geese, seagulls, crows...all have dickish individuals.

What're some species that would be least likely to solve a crossword puzzle, but still produce a significant percentage of assholes?

Like are there any shrimp out there that are just little fuckers?

[mattblaze@federate.social]

@alice Wasps are jerks. Total sociopaths.

[roknrol@beige.party]

@alice Wolverines and badgers are notorious assholes...they don't seem particularly bright to me (but then again, I'm probably speciest)

What about Octopuses and other types of cuttlefish? They seem to be pretty smart and don't seem to be *particularly* assholish.

[mrutenberg@infosec.exchange]

@mattblaze @alice especially with regard to bees

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

One summer while I was wearing shorts, I had a big hornet fly over, bite into the side of my thigh and then proceed to sting me like half a dozen times for no apparent reason.

I feel like hornets, wasps, and yellow jackets are all pretty much raging assholes.

[tompearce49@mastodon.scot]

@alice - The peacock mantis shrimp: https://asknature.org/strategy/appendage-creates-tremendous-forces/

[colesstreetpothole@weatherishappening.network]

@alice Squirrels. Nature's unintelligent little sociopaths.

[promovicz@chaos.social]

@alice Large Language Mosquito, in symbiosis.

[bruce@darkmoon.social]

@MRutenberg @mattblaze @alice
Bees are chill. You leave them alone, they'll leave you alone. Wasps will sting you just because you failed to cross the street when you walked by them. Total jerks.

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@roknrol has anyone seen an octopus troll another animal?

Never mind, https://futurism.com/the-byte/spiteful-octopuses-punch-fish-angry

[michaelgemar@cosocial.ca]

@alice Definitely.

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@ColesStreetPothole @alice Scrub jays. Intelligent, but boy they are mean, hassle every other bird in the yard.

[symtrkl@anarres.family]

@alice vespids are the americans of pollinators

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@tompearce49 but are they jerks or do they just have the capacity to punch things?

[bob_zim@infosec.exchange]

@tompearce49 @alice Yes. An animal with three names of other animals, all of which it isn’t. Rude before you even meet one.

[roknrol@beige.party]

@alice Did anyone find out the full story? Maybe those fish had it coming.

[bob_zim@infosec.exchange]

@bruce @MRutenberg @mattblaze @alice I think he meant how wasps will go out of their way to kill bees which aren’t harming or competing with them in any way.

[aura@sunny.garden]

@alice Hornets *especially*. I can usually just ignore a wasp but a hornet is just gonna do as much damage as it can because it hates everything (but mostly me).

[colesstreetpothole@weatherishappening.network]

@ai6yr I feel like a scrub jay could at least partially solve a crossword puzzle, though—that is, before they lit it on your barbecue grill and flew into the dry brush near your house. @alice

[roknrol@beige.party]

@alice What about crows and ravens? Are they assholes on purpose or just annoying to humans?