Quote Originally Posted by lawsofrobotics View Post
Finally, don't expect any of these communities to be at all technologically advanced. Humans only got the chance to invent things like fire (note: fire here means burning the dead. Always.) because we needed to hunt to survive. All plants need to do is hang out in the sun for a while and they're golden. The only incentive to invent technology would be to defend against carnivores, and, as we've seen with terrestrial animals, most species don't need technology to do that.
I'm sure they could still find ways to benefit from innovation or technology. Irrigation comes to mind.