or tatch some seaplants

No, where would they get the air? Also the pressure is astronomical

And carbon enriching is going to be impossible if you're under water

You can't use ANY metallurgy techniques we use on the surface

Can't teach an old dog Jew tricks

volcanic fissures can provide a lot

That's toxic gas filled with chemicals that would oxidize metals

Ofc it could be non toxic to the creatures, but it would still fuck the metal

bigger issue would be that most weapons are useless except spears

even then, limited

Yeah you'd have to rely on non metal thrusting weapons

My gut tells me that life couldn't even get that far though

Intelligent life sounds impossible under miles of ocean

can't swing anything underwater, and throwing anything would fail as well

Hooks can be a weapon

Grabbing the opponent

What are you gonna use for a hook? No metal or wood around

Jagged rocks

Stone will be trash I think

That's not gonna be a hook

Actually not really

curious. Not counting their initial search engine and the ad business. What has google created (not bought) that hasn't been a complete shitshow and a massive failure

obsidian

It most likely will be very hard @DrWittMDPhD

because pressure

And it managed to survive

Or perhaps a species of coral that can endure

Obsidian is too brittle. A knife makes more sense because thrusting and cutting, but a hook has a lot of torque in it's use

it would snap the obsidian

a spear tip though

If coral is put into shapes and grown you can grow structure

Yeah not a hook though

adding a pair of barbs would be better then a hook anyway

Yeah

I still don't think you can even get to the tool usage point in the deep sea

I don't think there's enough exploitable resources to influence the evolution of sufficiently intelligent creature

its an i ronic @DrWittMDPhD sometimes i put random in the chat

i put stuck not struck

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