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Interest in extraterrestrial life has tended to focus on a search for extrasolar planets similar to the Earth. But what of forms of intelligent life that are very different from those found on Earth? Some features of life will not be peculiar to our planet, and alien life will resemble ours in such universals. But if intelligent, non-humanoid aliens exist, where might they be? Would they wish to visit Earth and would we know if they did?
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Cohen, J., Stewart, I. Where are the dolphins?. Nature 409, 1119–1122 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35059248
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