tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu May 18 10:39:43 1995
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Re: young Klingons
- From: [email protected] (Steve Weaver)
- Subject: Re: young Klingons
- Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 13:40:43 -0500
ghItlh qo'ran:
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>The counter argument to this is that animals that are provided
>with a great deal of parental care are born less developed, and
>take longer to reach maturity. It is in the young animal's best
>interest to develop at the expense of the parent, being fed and
>protected from predation, than to develop quickly and face these
>necessities on it's own.
>
>If Klingons actually do develop quickly, this would indicate that
>(at some point in their recent evolutionary history) they were
>preyed upon frequently as young, and that the level of parental
>care is less that that displayed by Humans.
Yeah, but then there's that pesky time dialation effect from all that Warp
travel. If Alexander was raised planet side while W & K were warping
around, that could account for his "rapid" growth. I don't recall if
"stardate" time is absolute or relativistic.
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