Does anyone know if interspecies pregnancy is possible? I know that there are a lot of interspecies relationships, but is it possible for two different species to have a child together? I want to leave the Asari out of this discussion as their children are all Asari and not a mixture of two species.
Interspecies Pregnancy
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Posté 16 août 2010 - 12:21
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Probably not.. but then, why shouldn't it be possible? Its the future so its not like the docs in the future couldn't do something about the difference in genes.. heck, people have been mixing one species with another in real life.. so why shouldn't it be possible in the ME universe... (Alien Predator anyone?)
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Posté 16 août 2010 - 12:27
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NO. It's not possible. It's worse than trying to mate an alligator with an ostrich. These aren't just two different species - they're two different species that EVOLVED ON OTHER PLANETS. Only the closest of relatives (species-wise) are able to mate, and the result is often a sterile freak (like a mule).
It's just a horrible question to ask.
It's just a horrible question to ask.
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Posté 16 août 2010 - 12:27
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Animals such as lions and tigers can interbreed, so any genetically-synchronous species should be able to impregnate one another.
I really really doubt that anything in Mass Effect is genetically related enough to make interspecies foetuses viable though. Unless it turns out that we were all genetically engineered by the Protheans or something.
I really really doubt that anything in Mass Effect is genetically related enough to make interspecies foetuses viable though. Unless it turns out that we were all genetically engineered by the Protheans or something.
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Posté 16 août 2010 - 12:32
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I'd rather not go there, I am happy with my playthroughs without ny interspeicies relaionships, and I sure wouldn't want interspeicies pregnancies
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Posté 16 août 2010 - 12:44
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You can have a relationship with Tali as male and Thane and Garrus as a female. Is that wrong? If not why is being able to have a child with them a bad thing?
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Posté 16 août 2010 - 12:55
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NuclearBuddha wrote...
Ohhh!!! Veetor!
On topic: I don't think that's posible. Millions of years ago, I can't remember which sub specie was this.. not sure if it was ****** Ergaster or Erectus... but by the time another new sub specie evolded, the former was extinx even if they cohabited. The reason for this is that their genetic differences were so big. It's like trying to cross a pig and a dog.
Or perhaps I'm totally wrong. I don't know much about genetics.
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Posté 16 août 2010 - 01:19
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There is no reasonable assumption that species on a different planet will use a four-nucleotides DNA sequence to "split" into ours, that they will use proteins for nucleotides or that DNA will be the engine that codes for genetic information.
Even here on Earth, DNA is the merest basis of life, literally the alphabet. Which is why we are now busy decoding the human proteome. DNA does not make people, fish or plants: genes do - or rather, an extraordinarily complex interplay of multiple genes, each busy working on glands and hormones.
(aside: DNA is one of the most inert, non-reactive, in-all-sense-of-the-word dead compounds on the planet. No one really believed it could be at the heart of life until it was proven. That is also why it can be retrieved from old blood and semen in murder investigations.)
I have, as well, never heard a satisfyingly robust argument for carbon as the basis of life. The argument tends to run along lines of solubility and abundance, neither of which are in any way convincing when we study the biology of life forms here on earth, many of whom are completely apart from the oxygen cycle. We are not all oxy-users: whole orders of critters use sulphur and other noxious (to us) compounds for life.
Sci-Fi writers tend to over-simplify their case but also: they are human. They will be subject to all the biases of their artistic nature. Really; the diversity of life in the MASS EFFECT universe is charmingly antiquated - the Hanar are about the only thing that stand out. Watch a few episodes of EARTH and LIFE to see just how inventive life gets just on this one planet of ours, in our one solar system, in our one galaxy.
Of course there is a limit to how alien something can be for any storyline, but C.J. Cherryh and David Brin are two authors who have really stretched their muscles in devising interesting e.t.s
Even here on Earth, DNA is the merest basis of life, literally the alphabet. Which is why we are now busy decoding the human proteome. DNA does not make people, fish or plants: genes do - or rather, an extraordinarily complex interplay of multiple genes, each busy working on glands and hormones.
(aside: DNA is one of the most inert, non-reactive, in-all-sense-of-the-word dead compounds on the planet. No one really believed it could be at the heart of life until it was proven. That is also why it can be retrieved from old blood and semen in murder investigations.)
I have, as well, never heard a satisfyingly robust argument for carbon as the basis of life. The argument tends to run along lines of solubility and abundance, neither of which are in any way convincing when we study the biology of life forms here on earth, many of whom are completely apart from the oxygen cycle. We are not all oxy-users: whole orders of critters use sulphur and other noxious (to us) compounds for life.
Sci-Fi writers tend to over-simplify their case but also: they are human. They will be subject to all the biases of their artistic nature. Really; the diversity of life in the MASS EFFECT universe is charmingly antiquated - the Hanar are about the only thing that stand out. Watch a few episodes of EARTH and LIFE to see just how inventive life gets just on this one planet of ours, in our one solar system, in our one galaxy.
Of course there is a limit to how alien something can be for any storyline, but C.J. Cherryh and David Brin are two authors who have really stretched their muscles in devising interesting e.t.s
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Posté 16 août 2010 - 01:33
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Duke Mathias wrote...
Does anyone know if interspecies pregnancy is possible? I know that there are a lot of interspecies relationships, but is it possible for two different species to have a child together? I want to leave the Asari out of this discussion as their children are all Asari and not a mixture of two species.
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Posté 16 août 2010 - 01:39
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Bioware should go for it!
I mean, all aliens (except the hanar) already look like humans and apparently they have genitalia which are compatible with ours since we can sleep with them without ill effect.
Why not, interspecies pregnancy wouldn´t be the weirdest thing in the ME universe.
I mean, all aliens (except the hanar) already look like humans and apparently they have genitalia which are compatible with ours since we can sleep with them without ill effect.
Why not, interspecies pregnancy wouldn´t be the weirdest thing in the ME universe.
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Posté 16 août 2010 - 01:52
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Posté 16 août 2010 - 01:53
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Swerodent wrote...
Bioware should go for it!
I mean, all aliens (except the hanar) already look like humans and apparently they have genitalia which are compatible with ours since we can sleep with them without ill effect.
Why not, interspecies pregnancy wouldn´t be the weirdest thing in the ME universe.
Do Turians have genitalia compatible with ours? Because some days ago I was looking at some concept art and I swear I didn't see anything "down there". Perhaps I'm too naïve and think that concept art might show genitalia...
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Posté 16 août 2010 - 01:53
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Posté 16 août 2010 - 01:56
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Sneaky pics not doing what i tell them......
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Posté 16 août 2010 - 01:57
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Swerodent wrote...
Bioware should go for it!
I mean, all aliens (except the hanar) already look like humans and apparently they have genitalia which are compatible with ours since we can sleep with them without ill effect.
Why not, interspecies pregnancy wouldn´t be the weirdest thing in the ME universe.
No, it WOULD be the wierdest thing - by FAR. It's sick, sick, sick to even think about it. Just because they have genitals DOES NOT MEAN you can mate with them. A human can't have children with a dog. A gorilla looks more like a human than any species in Mass Effect, and you can't have children with them.
It's sick. It's the most perverted notion that I have heard suggested for a video game. If Bioware EVER tried something like this, I would never buy any of their games again.
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Posté 16 août 2010 - 01:59
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Duke Mathias wrote...
You can have a relationship with Tali as male and Thane and Garrus as a female. Is that wrong? If not why is being able to have a child with them a bad thing?
That doesn't make it normal to have CHILDREN with them. You'd end up with a weird, sterile, hybrid-monster. It would be disgusting. If I were you, I'd take a shower to get those dirty thoughts off you.
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= NOT NORMAL.
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Posté 16 août 2010 - 02:05
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Adriano87 wrote...
Nah ..
"Nah.." ?
That's an understatement...
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Posté 16 août 2010 - 02:16
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You seem to be confusing "morally wrong" and "biologically impossible." One is a matter of opinion, and another is a matter of education.Duke Mathias wrote...
You can have a relationship with Tali as male and Thane and Garrus as a female. Is that wrong? If not why is being able to have a child with them a bad thing?
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Posté 16 août 2010 - 02:24
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Nah to Interspecies Pregnancy
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Posté 16 août 2010 - 02:25
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Adriano87 wrote...
Nah to Interspecies Pregnancy
As I said, "Nah" is an understatement.
I would have gone for, "WHAT THE HELL!!?? NO!!!!"
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Posté 16 août 2010 - 02:27
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Hey, humans and Vulcans can have children together... 
