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That joke is made early in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (by Douglas Adams), and is why one of the major characters is named "Ford Prefect".

There's a great Canadian cartoon that explored that idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFaHArkYLsM

> "The National Film Board of Mars presents: WHAT ON EARTH!"

This is great, what fun!

Amazing, thanks so much for sharing!

P.S. The section on reproduction is hilarious.

That's the entire premise of classic Transformers.