Imagine yourself looking through your mail and finding a mysterious envelope. You open it and find the following letter:
Dear Earthly Human,
Congratulations! You have been cordially invited by the Intergalactic Anatine Research Institute (i.e. space ducks), funded by the Ornithic Cosmic Court, to visit our research facilities. Due to your expertise and vast knowledge on your fellow creatures and life on planet earth, you are one of the few to be selected to participate in our research project on this interesting planet.
Kind regards,
Pata Waddles Gosling du Canard
Before you know it, you wake up in a strange room with no exits. Good luck!