How 'Alien' Should Aliens Look?

Quick correction to this video: Echidnas aren't marsupials but monotremes, a unique group of mammals that lay eggs. Still an interesting example of convergent evolution!

It should be so alien that it beyond alien to human imagination

I am coming straight back to you when tic tac aliens turn out to be dog/unicorn hybrids and tell us that every other alien lifeform look like they do, and it's us that are the odd ones out.

God bless the Star Trek dog. It bore its incomprehensible indignity with grace.

When Pixar's Elio comes out, do an analysis on the aliens

I just started rewatching The Original Series of Star Trek & encountered the “Uni-Dog”. I nearly burst a blood vessel laughing so much, mostly at the Uni-Dog’s completely bored expression. Getting split in two & remerged was the most excitement that poor biological form had had in its entire evolutionary history.

We will never know what extraterrestrial life looks like. We will never know until life has been discovered and evaluated by public scrutiny. So far, only speculation and probabilities have described what E.T. will appear as. In fact, we may never know! Our pathetic attempt of space exploration leaves us with major problems trying to explore within our solar system. Space exploration will require a vehicle like the Starship Enterprise with a method of travel at multiple speeds of light.

I remember back when I first read Mission of Gravity and how fascinating I found the beings that lived on the very high gravity work the story is centered on.

I'm guessing the octopus form will be common. NB. There are octopus currently evolving towards living on land.

didnt even realize this was an ai video

One thing to always consider is that most negative traits or side effects usually won't result in selection out of the gene pool. Take spine issues, cancer, dementia, or low intelligence/strength. In a civilized world, most individuals would not see significantly reduced genetic success from any of these due to the age of onset or insignificance to genetic attraction or survival.

Reject modernity, become crab

Andromeda Strain is an interesting speculative source about crystalline alien life.

This is why I doubt humans would or could ever have any direct contact with a technologically advanced alien lifeform. Their biological needs - from air to gravity - would be so, SO different. And imagining alien invaders from another planet would be like depicting aquatic animals coming out of the water to invade our surface world.

I think the actors with clay packed on their faces talking with New York accents in all the Trek franchise outings - esp Deep Space Nine - are just as hilarious as the horned doggie in ST: TOS. It all lies in our willingness to suspend disbelief when tv budgets control the universe.

Echidna is a monotreme, not a marsupial

I'm putting 100 dabloons on the discovery of Planet Crab!

God made them perfect. We should strive perfection. We must crab

I Iike to think that the actors only laughed inbetween cuts

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They would look like dinosaurs
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So… a world of crabs would be cool af because that emplies they’ve filled most nieces, so basically almost guaranteed big crab

There isn’t any so don’t worry about it.

Also, don't forget the difference in oxygen levels: before there was way more oxygen on earth, resulting in insects who are much, much bigger than we have now.

I’ve always thought about this, and I honestly feel like it’s objectively impossible. The moment any human artist tries to depict an alien, it will always have some form of influence from a human. As much as I absolutely love Geiger, even Alien has distinct gothic and industrial elements in the design. I find this really fascinating and I don’t know how we might ever depict something truly alien in art

Really really alien.. half hoover, half squid, half spatula

Spock is my favorite alien.

"a bark like substance" Thats a stupid way of saying bark.

I wonder If given appropriate circumstances Alien animals could evolve wheels instead of legs

So you know for sure that if we create humanoid aliens for scifi, we can't do canoid pets?

We would recognize them but we would never believe that they are. They will look exactly like us.

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If they look like robots, I'm gunna be pisst off 🙂

Read The Lost Book of Enki. Our creators (Anunnaki) are like us....

Humans are ridiculous when it comes to imagining other sentient life forms. We can’t get it right when standing on a beach.
Yeah, that whole, Humans are the Greatest Thing!!! Isn’t necessarily true.
In actuality, humans, as a race is kind of a parasitic infestation.
The world couldn’t care less if you were here, the world will survive without you. Good riddance.
Now, who, is there, to care?

Just remember commenters, it's science FICTION - it's made up! It's not true.
Kindly preface all remarks with: "In the Star Trek universe ....."

In star trek they explained later that is was some Form of transspermia that resulted in the looks of the alien- humanoids. That's why Spock looks like a Tolkien invention... he was "more human" than alien

To assume that aliens must have a humanoid shape just because we do does not make any sence at all

As long as the production budget allows, and of course, a quarter goes to the Guest Stars of the week.

Mr. Spock is not an "alien" anymore than Obama is an "African" - both are mixes of white humans with nonwhite lifeforms.

This is a burning question I've had since I got interested in space again a few years ago. Glad I found this! Subbed!

OMFG!" The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy" is the book I've been needing! Bought it so fast lmao.

I think the human race would be better off if the females laid eggs.

Why most of aliens who “comes” to our Earth are always naked with their private parts hanging out! Maybe clothes are very expensive in our galaxy.

Intelligent life on other planets would be the same as earth because we are created in the image of god and macro evolution doesn't exist.

They should look like trees or like lichens. Or like bacteria. Why should they look like YOU ?

Oh lawd, if they really did all look like TOS Nimoy as Spock. I'd be knocking y'all over like this was a football movie to get on the..ship, lol.

Why am I so excited about a planet of crabs?

spock was half human. so your point about him looking humanoid is moot. - wrong character to use as an example.