I don't have much more information than that only that I'm almost certain I read it before 1984, it was a library book and very possibly YA sci-fi, whatever that was called then. Thank you.
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1Definitely a book then, not a short story? Aliens and not modified Earth animals (or people)?– DavidWJun 23 at 13:00
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It's possible it was a short story but it was definitely in a book and again I'm not certain but pretty sure they were aliens. I was 11 then, I'm almost 50 now LOL– KingsOfSleepJun 23 at 13:03
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Kind of locals from Ensign Flandry by Poul Anderson– Yaroslav KornachevskyiJun 23 at 13:19
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CJ Cherryh's Chanur Saga?– SpencerJun 25 at 0:13