[palata]

> 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".

[bluGill]

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.

[palata]

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.

[bluGill]

There are people who care about football (soccer in the USA), and chear at all the home games even when the team is clearly going to lose every game this season. Then those who go to games when the team is winning. Then those who start going when it is clear the team will make the playoffs. Finally those who don't care and never go.

The above can be repeated for every other sport. I know someone not interested in the soccer world cup despite it being the most talked about event in the US now - but they are at the local kids lacrosse games (not a common sport in the US). I'm like that, I'm very interested in another cat if one is found, but I don't care about another insect. I'm not against you caring, it just isn't me.