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"... do you understand, Mr. Gordon? It is stupid to compare a Probocius with an elephant, the same way it is stupid to call to a bat bird. Because natural selection uses the same "tools" for different creatures in different moments, it doesn't mean that they are the same. A probocius isn't an elephant, or a mammal, nor even a vertebrae. It is more like a squid that gained intelligence, became gregarious and technologically advanced, Mr. Gordon. But even this is a fallacy for the genetic material of the Probocius is completely different from the genetic material in the fabric of earth life. Do you understand?! It works in a different way! So please, Mr. Gordon, don't insult my ears calling the probocius elephant men. Now, about the dynamic conditions of Grathar III, I must agree that..."
Extract from an Open Class on Xenobiology in the Human Academy for Extraterrestrial knowledge by Shuman Assanite"
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