Aristotle also wrote "the octopus is a stupid creature," so he was only half right.
They appear to have taken the bait hook line and sinker, perhaps just wanting to believe that a beautiful, stupid creature exists on their screen that they can abuse into tears, like gently bifurcating a semi-conscious fawn, holding its head just above the damp foliage.
The "Old Shes" are lazy, stupid creatures; the younger clefts are more curious (at least sexually), but display a handy instinct for housework and childcare.
Humans are inadequate and stupid creatures who sooner or later make a mess, and those who are trying to do good do a lot more damage than those who are muddling along.
The nurses were of two kinds -- either elderly stupid creatures who had not sense enough to be house servants, and who had usually more than a taste for drink, or else they were young women of rather lively tendencies who were always ready for a flirtation with the house staff.
The Spencer fortune began with these gentle, happy, stupid creatures.
Catfish are stupid creatures; to convince someone that you're someone else online is careful, calculated work.
After a lengthy trip on the backs of pegasi and several encounters with the forces of darkness, the companions enter Xak Tsaroth and meet some gully dwarves, diminutive and stupid creatures.
Anthony Bourdain, the celebrity chef famous for eating...well, pretty much anything and for hating all things Rachael Ray made the point that 'we have evolved so that we could chase down smaller, stupider creatures, kill them and eat them.' Lucky for him he's tall; he could easily be mistaken for one of those 'smaller, stupider creatures' with statements like that.
You stupid, ugly creature, you're ruining my life," and "Does he think I'm crazy now?" I was possibly more afraid of that second thought than the snake.
And because they resemble us and our behaviours in so many ways, it's comforting to see a stupid little creature shovel bits of dried cranberries into its tiny gob and just sort of hang out, not having to do anything.
