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> a space faring species encounters non-space faring species

Any non space faring species either lives on a very boring neighborhood (one where rocks never fall from the sky and other kinds mass-extinction events never happen) or is extinct and we may find their fossil remains.

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As far as we know, dolphins, cockroaches, and platypuses are not space faring species. Whether their neighborhood is boring is a matter of opinion, of course.

They've also got a space faring race (well sort of) generally looking out for them.

How so? We aren't even looking out for ourselves let alone platypuses! :-)

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