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Humanoids are cheap and easy!
https://redshirtsalwaysdie.com/2021/09/06/gene-roddenberry-wanted-talosians-to-be-like-crabs/
That just means it’s a truly special occasion, when Riker gets to stick his rod of diplomacy into a quadruped. Or an amorphous blob. Or a cluster of colonial organisms, who have to be pushed around in a large bucket on wheels. Or an energy field.