tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu May 18 11:10:10 1995
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Re: tlhIngan physiology
On Thu, 18 May 1995 [email protected] wrote:
..snip..
> Turning to tlhInganpu', we are stuck with the shape of Human actors,
> and are forced to explain the body shape in Klingon terms. Are the
> female Klingon "breasts" actually used to suckle the young?
> Perhaps they have another (albeit extinct) function. I don't know
> anything about the internals, except what I have read here the last
> couple days. Presumably the heart and lungs are developed for
> endurance and the conditions on Qo'noS.
paraphrase: "If the food is too difficult for you, perhaps we can get
one of the women to nurse you" Said to Riker by the Klingon Officer
*way* back in Season 1 TNG "A Matter of Honor".... If they don't nurse
their young using their breasts, I'll really be surprised to find what
they *do* suckle from :-)
Obviously Klingon internal biology and biochemistry is nearly identical
to human, otherwise, hybrids would be unlikely: and there are plenty of
hybrids in Trek.... Apparently, as shown by the 6th season episode where
the common DNA origin of humanoid lifeforms is explained; the galactic
ur-people were similar to us and the Klingons....