A Lunarian Man-Bat (Vespertilio homo)
The Lunarian surface as depicted in the article
Most modern scientific research has made one thing apparent, though Luna has a trace atmosphere of sodium, potassium and other assorted gases, it is not powerful enough to have any life (including bacterial life) on its surface.
But that has not stopped writers from creating a menagerie of lifeforms which inhabit the Earth's only natural satellite.
In real life[]
For most of history, scientists who looked into the concept of life on other planets believed that our Solar System was teaming with life, with heat-resistant scientists on Mercury, golden-haired humanoids on Venus, an utopian society on Mars and of course, an inhabited Luna.
In those days, the greatest scientific minds believed that the craters and deserts where islands and oceans which explains why there are places on the moon with names like "Sea of Tranquillity" and "Lake of Death".
This widespread belief made the citizens of the world flip their lids with joy when they heard Sir John Herschel (a widely known, highly credible astronomer at the time) had discovered evidence of life and civilization on Luna.
In the article from the New York newspaper The Sun (not to be confused with the modern British newspaper of the same name) it described how Luna was indeed inhabited by humanoid bat creatures, creatures resembling unicorns, bipedal beavers, oxen and goats.
When Herschel was interviewed about his remarkable discovery by other news sources he said that had found no such thing, and so, the master minds behind the hoax, a French astronomer and the editor for a literary magazine known as The Knickerbocker, where revealed to be the original authors.
In fiction[]
- Kaguya's species a luminous humanoid species native to the moon in The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.
- Levanians are serpentine spongy creatures that live within the caves of the moon in Somnium.
- Lunarians are the last members of a species who have slowly lost their sapience in A Honeymoon in Space.
- Selenites are the insectoid inhabitants of Luna in The First Men in the Moon.
- Giant Lunar Moths where some of the creature encountered by Doctor Dolittle when he went to Luna.
- Mothers where the primary inhabitants of Luna in her ancient past in The Moon Era.
- The U-gas, Kalkars and Va-gas are humanoid races that reside beneath the lunar surface in The Moon Maid.
- Ro-Men allegedly come from Luna as said in the trailer for Robot Monster.
- An unknown telepathic race of aliens who mastered freezing technology in 12 to the Moon.
- Poozas were a friendly species that resided on the moon until they were eaten by the Vermicious Knids in Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
- An unknown species of parasitic Aliens exist on Luna in Apollo 18.
- Greys are claimed to be from the moon in a few works of fiction.
- Many non-sapient lifeforms, as well as inhabitants of moons in worlds similar to but mostly distinct from Earth and its moon
- In the Animated Childrens Show Known as Moonzy also Known as Luntik in The Original Russian Language is There Have a Four Eared Multicolored Fur Mammalian Alien Race Known as Moon Bee who likely have Diet is Nectar In the Earth's Flower possibly classified as Herbivorous but There some Concept Reproduction is Laying Eggs or Giving Birth.
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