Alien, I mean really Alien.

[PvK]

Hmm, Dogscoff, I agree that animals think, and think abstractly, but I wouldn't call their thoughts "totally alien". They're very easy to relate to - not very far from human thoughts and emotions in many ways, even if there are differences, and even if humans seem to reason in many ways that animals don't seem to (most of which is of course facilitated for humans due to language, writing, teaching, etc.).

Aliens from another evolutionary history might think in extremely different ways.

PvK