I have thought about that too Staurm, but the use of complex language (such as ours) requires intelligence. Intelligence is possible without language, but language (again, complex like ours, not simple sounds or body language) isn't possible without intelligence. If any other animal had developed the kind of language we possess, I'm sure we'd know about it already.

Note that I'm not saying complex language isn't possible in "lower" animals in the future, because I very much think it is (not in all of them of course, as many even lack the means to produce language as we know it).

It's just that the simple fact that we're humans forces us to look at other animals from an human point of view (we're inherently biased). As a reverse example, we'd look pretty dumb to a cat, because we're not able to see him in poor light conditions, as they take that ability for granted. Point being, if they judged our intelligence based on the way they see the world, we'd look very dumb to them too.
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