Do you need Hands to be Sentient?

In article <1iado01djvtek1ljnlsvjip8jk52pmt4c6.DeleteThis@4ax.com> Darren J Longhorn <me.DeleteThis@privacy.net> wrote:
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>On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 17:59:00 GMT, Tennant Stuart
><tennant.DeleteThis@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
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>>In article <VA.00000241.05a856a1.DeleteThis@mynameplus1.demon.co.uk.invalid>,
>>Aidan Karley <aidan.DeleteThis@mynameplus1.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
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>>> hands are *not* necessary for sentience, or
>>> intelligence, or the evolution of tool use
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>>But is not *some* means of manipulating the environment required?
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>Grogs seem to manage that without hands

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>>To make this on-topic, what about sentient/intelligent elephants?
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>What about dolphins?

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