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Re:Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other by Karawebnetwork on Thursday November 10, 2022 @12:57PM (#33550466)
My head-canon of this has always been that the universal translator also translates the physical appearance of beings so that you can read their body language. It explains why everyone looks like humans with a different colour. It some cases like energy beings and giant slimes it simply cannot translate anything and display the original being.

This head-canon melts in front of actual lore, but it helps me with suspension of disbelief.

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Re:Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other by svachalek on Thursday November 10, 2022 @02:30PM (#33551782)
There's official canon for it, summarized here (spoilers)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chase_(Star_Trek:_The_Next...

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Re:Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other by three_seagrass on Thursday November 10, 2022 @06:48PM (#33555361)
IIRC the sentient species in our galaxy were all seeded by the same ancient alien race, hence the structural similarities.
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