Are humans special

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Are humans special

Considering the handle I have adopted, I thought I would share a passing thought.

The mammal with the greatest sense of smell are bears, notably polar bears can detect seals under thick layers of ice.

Moths have the greatest sense of hearing.

Birds of prey have the sharpest eyesight, Owls have the best night vision, Snakes likewise with thermal vision and sharks have the greatest underwater vision.

Crocodiles have the strongest bites on our planet.

Catfish have the greatest sense of taste, due in part to being covered in taste buds.

Dolphins brains are more structually complex then that of their human counterparts.

The dung beetle is the strongest creature based on strength to weight ratios.

Bottle nose dolphins in recent studies have shown greater capacity of memory then most animals including elephants.

And so on!

Given this, Are humans really as special as we think we are in the context of how some thiests believe?
This is in reference more directly to intellegent design.

BTW, this is simply food for thought!

*Edited for clarity*

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chimp3's picture
Yes, we are special. We can
Old man shouts at clouds's picture
What Chimp 3 said..see I can
ProgrammingGodJordan's picture
1.) Dolphins, dung beetles
TheBlindWatchmaker's picture
Apologies, I did not complete
ʝօɦռ 6IX ɮʀɛɛʐʏ's picture
I mean, the idea of
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So would you say humans (homo
ʝօɦռ 6IX ɮʀɛɛʐʏ's picture
I've been interested in the
Armando Perez's picture
It seems there were several
TheBlindWatchmaker's picture
Yes, I think recent studies
ʝօɦռ 6IX ɮʀɛɛʐʏ's picture
I'll look into it. Btw a few
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Some interesting points of
ʝօɦռ 6IX ɮʀɛɛʐʏ's picture
Wait explain that last
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Yes of course, and my
ʝօɦռ 6IX ɮʀɛɛʐʏ's picture
Right, so there are probably
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- Yes the development is very
ʝօɦռ 6IX ɮʀɛɛʐʏ's picture
So to summarize my previous
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I wouldn't say that analogy
ʝօɦռ 6IX ɮʀɛɛʐʏ's picture
So I would rephrase that to
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- Well that is up to you, of
Armando Perez's picture
Finding a fossil eye is
ʝօɦռ 6IX ɮʀɛɛʐʏ's picture
I read 1/3 of the paper and
Armando Perez's picture
Organisms are systems. They
TheBlindWatchmaker's picture
Well put, And I would like to
ʝօɦռ 6IX ɮʀɛɛʐʏ's picture
I agree to an extent, since
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Not really, Most people would
ʝօɦռ 6IX ɮʀɛɛʐʏ's picture
I'm not saying they're not
Armando Perez's picture
Bears are not vegetarians,
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"Does not having a
ʝօɦռ 6IX ɮʀɛɛʐʏ's picture
Just don't confuse the two;
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@ Breezy

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