Eli5 why does animals not innovate like humans?

Question

So humans have made many innovations and new technology over the past thousand years but animals never do?

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Answer 1

Life is about survival, evolutionary point of view. So we humans develop things because it helps our chances of survival, we’re capable of it because otherwise we would probably die easily. Other animals don’t necessarily need innovations, they already have years long established defence mechanisms, attack mechanisms. They have shells, claws, sharp teeth, eyes that can see things human eyes can’t see etc etc, and that helps them in their survival. We have glasses 🤓, tech toys, weapons etc