Furling

"Don't know them."

- Jack O'Neill

The Furlings are an advanced alien race.

History
Little is known about them, save that they were a member of the "Alliance of Four Great Races", along with the Ancients, Asgard, and Nox. However, occasional artifacts attributed to the Furlings have been identified. Furling writing has also been seen on Heliopolis along with the writings of the other great races. It has also been suggested that they are a peaceful race. It was discovered that the Furlings had set up a Utopian community of humans without weapons or advanced technology. The colony was destroyed by a Goa'uld who was able to smuggle in seeds for a plant that produced a paranoia-inducing chemical, causing the inhabitants to go insane and kill each other.

The Furlings appeared to be the mysterious race that helped seed the Madronans on their homeworld and possibly suggests that the Touchstone was Furling technology.

Appearance
Jack O'Neill has concluded that the Furlings must be cute and cuddly creatures, based solely on their name. Perhaps acting on this statement, Martin Lloyd portrayed the Furlings as small furry animals similar to the Ewoks from Star Wars in his film based on Wormhole X-Treme!.

Speculation
Several unnamed races have appeared in Stargate continuity that could in fact be the Furlings, although such theories are unsubstantiated. Possible candidates include the Re'tu, the Gadmeer, Salesh Spirits, or the Giant Aliens from Crystal Skull.

However, the writers have stated that although we have seen Furling technology and the Furling legacy, no actual Furling has ever appeared on the show.

Trivia
A Furling skeleton was made to be used in "Paradise Lost" but was later pulled and not used when filming the episode.