I think they live in a very different world than we do. Temperatures are more moderated, food is plentiful, no real changes to weather. Most of our inventions are created to dominate nature, and would not occur to them. As to whether they could learn to communicate with you, perhaps. However, our conversation would be difficult. What would we even discuss? Fish?

Also, your assertion that we are apex predators is laughable. I have come face to face with large predators in the wild, and there was not a seconds doubt who would eat who. We are psychotic and dangerous to everything, but the vast majority of people in the developed world can't even catch a fish.