'It's no different than going into a clothing store -- when a salesperson says you look great, you know they have a bias to sell you clothes,' says Mr. Sonnenfeldt, the Tiger 21 co-founder.

"Teens definitely have much greater awareness of what's going on around them now than they did eight years ago, " says Klinefelter.

You decide to take one of these Gopherite home with you to earth.

Be wary of anyone who shies away from answering these questions in a transparent way, Mr. Sonnenfeldt says.

Here was my first version, "As you know, Gopherites are a race of deaf, mute, and blind aliens, so a description would be impossible!"