Spaceschool Spacebus

It is a common cliche in bad science fiction for writers to describe an alien planet as being identical to earth in every way. Pulp science fiction novels used to put the word `space' in front of everything to make it seem alien, but in the end, taking the space-bus to space-school is no different than taking a regular school bus to Lincoln Elementary on earth. Except for the word space being put on everything.

Likewise, furry planets like Chakona are identical to earth in every last detail except the water and air are supposedly "cleaner" and there are Chakats. If you got rid of the Chakats and told the same story, it would be no different than a story about humans living in Canada.