A beak falls under “some kind of appendage”

I understand the sentiment, but there must be some number of common attributes all advanced intelligent species across the universe have. Tool use, for example, would require that the organism have some kind of appendage that can manipulate things.

I thought stuff like this was cool when I was a kid, and I suppose it is when the technical achievement is only considered. But I’m now I’m left wondering why we would ever want anything like this? It’s meant to replace a person.

Hey they have three more wishes, give them a second

Well it was more like a greenhouse in function. It became quite hot after the sun came out.

My dad put their cage in our sunroom during the night because they were making too much noise. Eventually the sun came out.