Underwater thriving animation

[HexapodPhilosopher (Disguised as a rock, until you get too close...)]

Underwater Civilizations Take 3

Is… is there some reason that an entirely aquatic species can’t simply do their metalworking above the surface? I mean, sea creatures interact with the surface world all the time. An intelligent race would be curious about the environment and would learn to exploit it to some degree. Not so unreasonable that they would learn about fire. They could just set up an operation on a beach and smelt to their heart’s content. It would be a hostile environment, sure, but not so different from pearl-divi…

Underwater Civilizations Take 3

Well, the three (this is take three arter all) prevailing solutions to the underwater civilization problem are: 1 amphibians, they could forge above water or enslave a terrestrial species but mostly live under water. 2 rafts, a aquatic species may stumble across fire and make rafts to store it. 3 bubbles, they can be sealed in a storage container and filled with the air from photosynthesis or swim bladders, both of which are oxygen.

Underwater Civilizations Take 3

Those sticks/stones/whatever would be wet anyways, so no sparks, let alone flames, would arise from this. Moreover, say a fire was made. Then what? Will the fish just hold it above the water indefinitely? Building a floating platform smithy that would stay afloat with all the heavy stones AND fuel necessary to stoke a fire long enough to smelt metal would be inconveniently large, and not something a species trying to survive would waste a tonne of resources building with no obvious logical reco…

…And I’ve just realised you posted the same thing a year ago. Well done.