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**** Some Humans care anyway. Many others really don't. They tend to vary between those that don't care about eradicating large sections of the planet's biosphere and those that will try to stop it.

*** The fact that we care at all is something unusual. Humans are generally the only species that will do something for another species completely at our own will and without expecting anything in return. This is pretty much the opposite of the above. If animals could truly grasp this concept, it would likely blow their minds, but humans who will be kind to animals must be borderline ''angelic'' through their eyes. Some strange creatures just made sure their life would continue or gave them food for reasons they will never understand, and that is to assume that there really is a reason behind it. While we may be effectively Eldritch Abominations in the eyes of wild species, at the very least we'll often be fairly benevolent while we're at it.

* We shape the development and population of farm animals, so that we can consume them. Just like the Great Old Ones.

* Imagine you're a deer in the forest. You come across something that blends in with its surroundings, can imitate your voice, and fires from the trees an immensely powerful weapon you can't fathom. If you come across one of your species that has encountered it, you'll find they have been horribly mutilated and parts are missing, taken as trophies. That's right, humans are The [[Predator]].

* There are countries where monkey brains are considered a delicacy. For the monkeys, it's like the plot of some stupid old alien movie: creatures from far far away, with powers far beyond the monkeys' comprehension, abduct them to actually ''eat their brains''!

* Actually it is quite common that [[Humans Are Cthulhu]] [[No Exit|to other people]]. That is how a [[Conspiracy Theory]] comes about, and why this trope fits in our imagination so easily.

* A commentary on [[Alien Abduction]] notes that what aliens allegedly do to people (sneak up on them at night, carry them into mysterious vehicles, and perform incomprehensible and invasive medical procedures, often leaving some kind of implant in the body), and what demons supposedly did back when people believed in things like incubi and succubi, can seem very similar to what our scientists do to animals in the wild.

** It also suggests that the abducting aliens are bumbling incompetents, as causing more than the absolute minimum of stress in wild animals is ''always'' undesirable, from the standpoint of valid field research. (Otherwise, you're just learning about ''abnormal'' animal behaviors, not natural ones.) Yet many abductees claim -- even boast -- that they get snatched over and over again, despite becoming complete basket cases from their alleged experiences.

** Another thing, if Aliens exist and are watching us, there probably listing down the reasons ''there superior''.

*** Alternatively, there could be a tiny minority of people who are prone to remembering the abductions and the vast VAST majority of people never know they happen at all.

* Naturally, we have yet to discover aliens. However there's a lot of research dedicated to learning what kinds of alien life can conceivably exist, so long as the basic laws of molecular biology as we understand it apply throughout the cosmos. This line of thought introduces ideas such as aliens that require ammonia or formaldehyde instead of water and using nitrogen or phosphorus instead of carbon. However the type of environmental conditions for such elements and chemicals to sustain the basic principles of cellular life, as we understand it, are quite bizarre. How does this fit the trope? Well depending on the "alternative combinations" involved, to these theoretical life forms: our homeworld becomes a boiling vat of caustic gasses, the liquids that flow through our veins are flesh melting corrosive acids, the atmospheric pressure we move gracefully through would crush their skeletons (endo or exo) into paste, and the mere sound of our voice could rupture organs (it being a form of kinetic energy).

** Oxygen ''is'' one of the most corrosive elements in the known universe. ''And we breathe it''.

** A bird flying against a glass window. Freaky ''invisible'' barrier!

* Man also possesses the ability to wear products made from dead animals, making him one of the [[Face Stealer|Face Stealers]] of the animal kingdom, like the nudibranch and hermit crabs. But instead of the nudibranch's usage of assimilating jellyfish or the hermit crab's obvious naturality, the skins that humans wear are instead transformed into numerous varieties that are totally unrecognisable from where they came.

** Speaking of octopi, imagine being the octopus in the aquarium. You were just fine chilling in the sea, until suddenly a giant lattice comes out from the heavens and encapsulates you. You find yourself in what appears to be a small chunk of the sea. A force field is all that seperates you from a world you're unfamilar with. If you squint, you may see some other sea creatures. Your captors are like [[Starfish Alien|no living thing you've ever seen.]] The only thing remotely similar is the prescence of a fish-like mouth and eyes. Unlike most examples, you have the intellect to be confused and try to figure out what is going on. And, if you try and flee, you find it impossible for you to breath. These...''things'' with four vaugely tentacle-like appendages, somehow don't need water. Humans Are The [[Alien Invader]], travelling from beyond the sky and living in the airless void. [[It Gets Worse|And then]] [[Alien Geometries|you discover]] [[Recursive Reality|the sky.]]

* Imagine that you are a whale that has accidentally beached itself. In this unforgiving enviroment, you are unable to even move, and will eventually dehydrate and suffocate to death, crushed under your own weight. Suddenly, you're surrounded by dozens of strange-looking creatures, effortlessly skittering around on their spindly appendages without any water to hold them up! They can move water outside of water, and they command great growling beasts strong enough to lift whales! And throughout this all, they touch you and rub you with their gangly limbs, and make strange babbling noises with their blowholes, as if they were trying to communicate...