You can downvote me as much as you want, but that's a genuine question: there are more species on Earth than any of us know. Before hoping to find new animals on new planets, why not caring about what's on ours?
No downvote from me, but - Aren't the undiscovered ones just different colored insects or jellyfish? I mean, it's a cool job if you get paid for it to discover new things that can kill us fast in the Amazon. I think we can leave them alone to do their thing and concentrate on team Human. Money better spent.
I'd be terrified to meet an alien. Very much doubt they'd be attractive purple skinned humanoids like in the STNG. But they are welcome to discover us if they are so advanced, why do we need to sweat, we aren 't done with this rock yet? Thank the universe and light years it's never gonna happen.
> Aren't the undiscovered ones just different colored insects or jellyfish?
I was answering to someone saying that they would dream of seeing animals from another planet. Pretty sure that they (like everybody else) cannot list 0.01% of the insects out there.
If one is interested in animals, there is more to discover on Earth than what they can realistically do in their whole life. Being interested in alien animals feels like "I don't actually care about animals, but I find the idea cool".
Problem is I'm not interested in insects. A new leader species of large mammal would interest me. Even discovering dinosaurs aren't extinct is neat but not something I'd care about.
It sounds to me like saying "I don't really care about football except the finals of the world cup. I wish we discovered alien football, that would interest me".
I get the point, but it sounds like you just don't care about football in the first place.