[Quix]

I really don’t recall anything that would conclusively convince me of any one of the above.

And, it seems more likely that more than one are true.

Whether more than one are true of all the critters or different classes of critters remains to be seen.

I certainly don’t believe the critters nor the humans so traitorously in cahoots with them.

[ZX12R]

I really don’t recall anything that would conclusively convince me of any one of the above. And, it seems more likely that more than one are true.

Then I'll have to buy you one of Occam's razors for Christmas, because your research into the subject at hand, seems to be stuck at an ever broadening standstill.