Since Quozl ability to offer violence is bound by very formal doctrine, they intend for humans to fight in their stead should the need appear. Possibly subverted in the last conversation. Benevolent Alien Invasion: The Quozl turned out to be quite beneficial to humans in the end.On most illustrations they resemble anthropomorphic rabbits. Beast Man: Quozl are described as marsupials, with long ears that have 3 joints, short fluffy tails, manipulative arms, powerful legs, and some peculiarities in their body flexibility.Such ideas overlap with some other Foster's stories.

There is no sex taboo (though it seems to be exclusively heterosexual and vaginal, but with ubiquitous birth control) all depictions of historical violence are very naturalistic and graphic. Author Tract: Quozl society is 'open' in many areas where human society is 'repressed'.Quozl contains the following tropes (beware of unmarked spoilers): And then they grew up, met again and became friends. Then a human boy accidentally met a Quozl boy. They were never heard from and were considered dead from the elements. Shortly after the landing a couple of Quozl left the colony, desiring to live in the open air. This is stated to improve their mental health. They copulate for recreation 20-60 times a day (which isn't as much as you'd expect - Quozl can do it over a dozen times during a human 'quickie'). They love graphic depictions of violence, like historical battles where warlords are gutting babies.

One important thing about Quozl society is being 'open' in areas where humans are 'repressed'. Taking this into account, Quozl rulers decided the colony to stay a small underground 'Burrow' deep in a national park somewhere in the wilderness of North America. the author tries to keep it secret until the end, but it’s rather predictable. The second was actually meeting one specimen and finding how good primitive human guns are and how hard it is to kill a rampaging human. Their first shock was discovering another sentient species. Earth was going to be their sixth colony.

The eponymous aliens are human-sized marsupial rabbits that slowly colonize the galaxy traveling in Generation Ships. A standalone SF novel by Alan Dean Foster.

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