We’ve had a good opportunity to see Paramites’ group behaviour in Abe’s Oddysee and Exoddus, but Scrab group behaviour, only glimpsed in Munch’s Oddysee, remains unexplored. They could have vocal communication that rivals Paramites’ in terms of complexity. They may also communicate in non-verbal ways.
Paramites—possibly—having higher intelligence than Scrabs wouldn’t mean we were more likely to be killed off by them. One of the biggest wildlife threats to humans are mosquitoes, but they’re hardly smart. Intelligent creatures like apes and dolphins don’t pose much of a threat to us, although the former might do in our (alternative) evolutionary history—we certainly put an end to our hominid cousins. I think a ferocious apex predator like Scrabs stands just as much chance of wiping us out as Paramites.
Unless we wipe them out first. Damn megafauna.
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