Which one species has been placed on Earth by aliens passing by?

[irisblue]

(Question stolen from Reddit)

If it was discovered that one animal species had actually been aliens that have been spying on Earth this entire time, what species would you expect it to be?

[Sneederbunk]

1. Insurance salesmen.

[2naSalit]

2. Us.

I have asked whether we are the aliens in the grand scheme of life here. It seems, much of the time, that humans came here to destroy the biosphere. We contribute nothing other than biological fuel when our bodies decompose and our exhalations provide CO2 for some species' benefit. Other than that, we are the most detrimental thing to sustained life on the planet that exists.

[Sanity Claws]

3. Octopuses

They are really strange.

[Nay]

18. This. nt

[lapfog_1]

4. White mice

Arthur Dent "You mean those little mice we perform experiments on and run around a maze looking for little bits of cheese?"

Slartibartfast (Alien planet designer): "how subtle"

(Apologize for the inaccurate quote... doing it from memory)


From Hitchhiker's fandom:

Mice are not, as is commonly assumed on Earth, small white squeaking animals who spend a lot of time being experimented on.
In fact, they are the protrusions into our dimension of hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings. These beings are in fact responsible for the creation of the Earth.

Two mice (Frankie and Benjy) escaped from Earth before the premature termination of its programme. They had belonged to an Earthling known as Trillian. They were rather keen to remove Arthur Dent's brain to reveal the ultimate question, which they had devoted a lot and time and money to finding.

The whole business with the cheese and the squeaking is just a front.

[Harker]

5. Cats.

Yes, cats.

[Srkdqltr]

9. Yes

[Harker]

11. They're everywhere.

One need only see their propaganda films, made by complicit humans and overwhelming internet lounges everywhere, to understand the insidious nature of their mission on Earth.

Many humans even obligingly fill boxes in their homes with material resembling that of their home world for them to bury their waste in.

[DBoon]

12. my dog agrees

[Harker]

13. I'm pretty sure dogs were never taken in.

There are some collaborators, of course.

[roamer65]

19. I could believe it.

Cats can almost be like alien overlords.

[MiHale]

6. Dolphins...

They are polite also when they leave they thank us for all the fish. Going home!

[zuul]

7. The Orange Cockwomble

[LakeArenal]

8. Jellyfish.

[jmbar2]

10. Dogs - the ultimate "insiders"

Cats were tried, but found to be too uninterested in reporting their findings back to the mothership.

[Harker]

15. Maybe...

but I'm pretty sure the entire 'uninterested and aloof' schtick was very cleverly cultivated.

[Solly Mack]

14. Cockroaches

[RainCaster]

16. Republicans

Every other species is intelligent enough to recognize when self preservation is imperative. But not the members of the GOP. They continue to destroy the environment even when faced with multiple 100 year storms, denying that climate change is real. They refuse to get vaccinations and insist that it's all a "liberal plot".

[RustyWheels]

17. Pigeons

Ever seen a dead one ?!?!?!?!?

[lunatica]

20. Vultures

You never see dead or dying vultures! Never!