More beings than there are grains of sand...

I HAVE,on several occasions,commented that there might be more intelligent beings in the Universe than there are grains of sand in the Sahara Desert...Let us look at the ASTRONOMICAL FACTS...According to Astronomers,there are literally thousands of millions of galaxies,some of which will be comprised of billions of Stars,and many of those will have their own Planetary Systems....Our own galaxy,The Milky Way,is said to contain more than one hundred billion Stars...Our magnificent galactic neighbor,Andromeda,may contain even more mighty Suns...Some sources believe there might be intelligent beings on the Red Planet,meaning,of course,Mars...It's quite possible given that Mars is a very Earth-like planet in that it has canyons,peaks- Olympus Mons is the highest mountain in the Solar System- icecaps and,of course,deserts...and, perhaps,vast quantities of liquid water,also...There could well be literally thousands of trillions of Earth-like planets in the Universe....In which case,there might be more sentient beings in the Cosmos than there are grains of sand in the largest desert on Earth...And many of these Extraterrestrial Beings will be awesome and extremely frightening to behold,so strange and different to us are they in their appearance.Many of us have heard of The Mantis,so-called because of their close resemblance to the strange-looking insects known as the Praying Mantis...I,for one,would NOT wish to have a Close Encounter with one of those very cuddly-looking entities!