The zoo hypothesis suggests that alien civilizations exist and are intentionally hiding from us.Physicist Enrico Fermi famously asked, 'Where is everybody?' as a response to the lack of evidence for intelligent extraterrestrial life.According to the zoo hypothesis, intelligent alien civilizations hide themselves and their signals to keep us unaware of their existence.Once we prove ourselves as a trustworthy species, the hypothesis suggests that we will be welcomed into the larger galactic community.