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[Tilarta]

I've been wondering about this for some time now.

Krogan, Turians, Salarians and Drell are all reptilian species.

But how do they have offspring?

Do they lay eggs like traditional reptiles or do they give live birth instead?

There are precedents for reptiles to develop a placenta and give live birth, so it would be technically possibly for a reptilian species to have a mammalian reproductory process.

I don't think it's ever been addressed what the reptilian species in Mass Effect do as regards offspring, but I'm curious to know which method they use.

[They call me a SpaceCowboy]

They aren't reptiles. Reptiles evolved on Earth and follow our evolutionary path.

Anything goes for alien species, even if they have outer features resembling reptiles.

[Homey C-Dawg]

Rachni lay eggs. I think salarians do too. Dunno about krogan, but they have big litters.

[jamesp81]

The only one i know for sure about is Salarians. The Codex says they are amphibians and lay eggs.

[mineralica]

Salarians are egg-layers, Turians aren't likely to do so because solar radiation level on Palaven would likely turn said eggs into omelet, Krogans... considering that Genophage causes miscarriage, I'd say they're born children; Quarians also born children - talk with Shaala'Raan during Tali's LM; Drell... don't know. Something says me Thane would mention if drell would be egg-layers, but I may mistake.
EDIT: and "laying eggs" doesn't mean "external fecundation only". Most of reptiles, minus tuataras, have internal type... and suitable organs for it.

Modifié par mineralica, 29 juin 2011 - 12:34 .

[Raygereio]

Firstly, I always thought Turian design was based on avians and Salarians and Drell looked more amphibian'esque to me rather then reptilian.
Secondly; "reptilian species"? These species are alien to earth. Meaning that trying to give them the characteristics of a certain terrestial class of animals defies common sense.

Thirdly your answer:
-Krogan: don't recall a direct answer anywhere, but in ME1 Wrex said that the genophage caused stillbirth which suggests a form of life birth (then again ME2's Mordin mission contradicted that, so make of that what you will).
-Salarian females lay eggs which a male then can fertilize to make it produce a female, it'll produce a male if unfertilized.
-Turians & Drell: no mention of this subject anywhere to my knowledge.

Modifié par Raygereio, 29 juin 2011 - 12:35 .

[Kaiser Shepard]

Salarians do indeed lay eggs. Okeer's "let a thousand die in a clutch" seems to imply krogan are as well, but we haven't got any confirmation on that one yet.

[HopHazzard]

Kaiser Shepard wrote...

Salarians do indeed lay eggs. Okeer's "let a thousand die in a clutch" seems to imply krogan are as well, but we haven't got any confirmation on that one yet.

I always imagined krogan were like sharks. The females don't lay the eggs, they hatch inside and then the young are "born".

[MissMaster]

I read some where that Turians gave live birth...

Hum... Maybe I'm making that up.

[VegasVance]

Male Turians are like Male Sea Horses.

[Raiil]

I read somewhere that drell give birth to live young, but I cannot for the life of me remember. However, Thane mentions how the drell can remember almost their entire lives, but if they had to remember the birth trauma, they'd never recover. That suggests, at least to me, human-like birth.

[Liec]

VegasVance wrote...

Male Turians are like Male Sea Horses.

This is true. They carry their young on their humps.

Krogan reproduce via pollination.

[Tilarta]

Well, the Codex specifies that Drell are indeed reptiles, because it talks about them having reptilian features.
But the first time I saw Thane, I did think he was an amphibian, until much later on, that is, when I heard about how he needed heat and couldn't tolerate damp.

An internal egg, for all intents and purposes, is much the same as a placental birth, i.e: you have to carry the offspring inside you until they're mature enough to come out.
So, I'm only concerned if they lay external eggs or not.

And the use of the word egg may just mean ova, which is going to be very confusing, especially with Salarians.
Basically, since every unfertilized Salarian egg will result in a male Salarian child, this would mean that the Salarian females are perpetually pregnant or whatever their equivalent biological process is.
No wonder they never leave their homeworld, if you had to have a child once a month, you'd be exhausted!

I'm theorizing that cross-species procreation is possible, after all, most reptilian males do possess the "standard masculine equipment" necessary for mating. But it would probably be a bit strange for a mammalian based species to mate with a Turian, for example, because of some differing anatomical rules.
Not that there would be any point to that, unless you were an Asari, because the different DNA strands wouldn't mesh, so the offspring would not be created.