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** That said, dogs are one of the few animals that humans can read each others body language without special study, despite [[AllAnimalsAreDogs a certain trope]].

* Played with in ''{{Kazohinia}}''. The Behin Colony's strange customs are the main source of conflict in the second part of the book. This wasn't the author's intention however, as the book itself was intended as mainly promoting communism and criticizing traditional human culture by comparing it into a madhouse.

* Played with in {{Kazohinia}}. The Behin Colony's strange customs are the main source of conflict in the second part of the book. This wasn't the author's intention however, as the book itself was intended as the book was mainly promoting communism and criticizing traditional human culture by comparing it into a madhouse.

* In the ''{{Firefly}}'' episode "Our Mrs. Reynolds", Mal accidentally gets ''married'' because what he thought were general celebrations on some backwater planet actually included a wedding ritual. [[spoiler: Of course, what he then thought was a wedding ritual was actually a scam that his "wife" had pulled on dozens of other men.]]

** Note that it was implied that "Ishboo" was just a normal person [[MindScrew messing with people]] because he could get away with it.

** A less hilarious example concerning differences in proper first contact protocol on warships triggered a genocidal war in the backstory.

*** These aliens happen to be sentient plants [[BizzareAlienBiology that need carbondioxide to live]]. Doctor basically gave them a light snack.

** [[PlayingWithATrope The Doctor gifts air from his lungs to a few of the aliens.]]

** Trolls show affection by bludgeoning one anther with rocks. It almost causes a riot when one troll 'blows a kiss' to another in a controversial political situation.

* Played seriously in Frank Herbert's ''{{Dune}}''. When Stilgar the Fremen meets with Duke Leto, he spits on the table. As the Duke's men are about to carve Stilgar into lunchmeat, Duncan Idaho tells them to "Hold!". He then thanks Stilgar for the gift of his moisture, spits on the table himself, and explains that doing so was a Fremen gesture of respect (since water is so scarce on Arrakis).

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* Nearly every human finds dogs' usual method of greeting one another either hilarious, disgusting, or both. To dogs, sniffing another dog's behind is simply a convenient way to find out about the other dog's state of health.

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*** ...Doesn't that basically mean ''{{Borat}}'' was ripped off from ''AllThat''?

* In [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5398503/1/Embers Embers]] by Vathara, there is a brief comparison of marriage rituals in the Fire Nation and Water Tribes... including the fact that, in some parts of the Fire Nation, women can kidnap/shanghai a man they like into an impromptu wedding. Sokka finds this startling because in civilized countries (the Water Tribes and Earth Kingdom) it's always the [[SobbinWomen man that captures the woman.]]

* In ''DeepSpace9'', a Cardassian scientist repeatedly snipes at Miles O'Brien, expressing [[DiscriminateAndSwitch surprise that he's a good engineer. It's later revealed that her sniping is the Cardassian equivalent of flirting.

* A hilarious example in ''[[BabylonFive Babylon 5]]'' with a race that seals every deal with ''sex''. Ivanova is a little reluctant to do this but doesn't want to cause an incident. She manages to trick the diplomat by insisting on doing it the "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny human way]]", which involves her dancing around the guy, chanting random words and phrases. Needless to say, the alien diplomat is confused but accepts it.

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* In ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'', while Kaere is half-Japanese and ostensibly half-[[{{Eagleland}} Eaglelandish]], it's hard to determine what country she lived in, as she frequently makes bizarre/outlandish claims about their customs.

* In ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'', while Kaere is mostly a ForeignFanservice Eaglelander, it's hard to determine what country she lived in, as she frequently makes bizarre/outlandish claims about their customs.

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* In [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5398503/1/Embers Embers]] by Vathara, there is a brief comparison of marriage rituals in the Fire Nation and Water Tribes... including the fact that, in some parts of the Fire Nation, women can kidnap/shanghai a man they like into an impromptu wedding.