tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri May 19 08:36:33 1995
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Re: young Klingons
K'ehleyr got pregnant when they were on the holodeck.
Qapla'
K'Eertah
On Thu, 18 May 1995, Anthony Curran wrote:
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> >>>> Although, I for one still drop my jaw when K'ehleyr shows up
> with
> >>>> Alexander. Worf & K *must* have conceived him when they met
> before he >>>> went on the E-D, or Klingons sure mature quickly!
> And then live a
> >>>> *long* time.
> >>>Being pregnant must be a disadventage for a female warrior,
> >>>being a child must be a disadventage for any warrior. Perhaps
> >>>the warrior race has developed to get rid of these
> >>>disadventages as quickly as possible?
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> >>>Riku Anttila
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> >>This would make sense. Many animal that are subject to >high
> levels of predation when they are small tend to grow >very
> quickly. Reaching large body size quickly is the >surest way to
> survive. Such animals are ususally born >more fully developed
> than animals that are not under such >pressures.
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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.
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> >>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.
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> >>qo'ran
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> >Rapid maturation is indeed suggestive of predator/prey behavior,
> >however, at least with terran animals, those species whose young
> >mature rapidly usually have multiple or frequent births, or
> >both. (litters, annual mating patterns ect.) The opposite
> >fitness strategy is long term parental care and very few
> >offspring, as with primates. What we have seen with Klingons
> >thus far seems to resemble both, as there is not yet any
> >evidence of large family size on the glorious homeworld.
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> >Lori Hatcher
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> Good point. Klingons, so far, do not seem to display a tendency
> for multiple births. If we look at this from an evolutionary
> standpoint, it looks more and more like we are dealing with
> sloppiness on the part of the writers, and not a true reflection
> of Klingon developmental physiology.
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> (BTW, I really need to go home and practice my translation, since
> I really should be putting more of this into thlingan-Hol.)
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> qo'ran
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