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Quanto:
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--- Quote from: Mobius on November 27, 2010, 08:40:58 am ---Crystal, do Cyrvan females have periods?
(probably redundant)
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"No."
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So wait a minute, Periods are a functional byproduct of the reproductive process, how in the hell can Cyrvans and Humans crossbreed if the Cyrvans reproductive system is so vastly different?
Scotty:
They're inherently more efficient than us at it. :P
General Battuta:
--- Quote from: Quanto on November 28, 2010, 11:02:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: Crystal ---
--- Quote from: Mobius on November 27, 2010, 08:40:58 am ---Crystal, do Cyrvan females have periods?
(probably redundant)
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"No."
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So wait a minute, Periods are a functional byproduct of the reproductive process, how in the hell can Cyrvans and Humans crossbreed if the Cyrvans reproductive system is so vastly different?
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Menses are one way of handling a particular engineering challenge. Cyrvan biology could have tackled the same problem in a way that doesn't necessitate cycling.
NGTM-1R:
--- Quote from: Quanto on November 28, 2010, 11:02:06 pm ---So wait a minute, Periods are a functional byproduct of the reproductive process, how in the hell can Cyrvans and Humans crossbreed if the Cyrvans reproductive system is so vastly different?
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The man has a bit of a point. It would suggest, at least, that sterility might result in female mixed-race people. Or worse things like randomly bleeding out and dying through your naughty bits because you're not really designed to do that.
General Battuta:
--- Quote from: NGTM-1R on November 30, 2010, 11:35:37 pm ---
--- Quote from: Quanto on November 28, 2010, 11:02:06 pm ---So wait a minute, Periods are a functional byproduct of the reproductive process, how in the hell can Cyrvans and Humans crossbreed if the Cyrvans reproductive system is so vastly different?
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The man has a bit of a point. It would suggest, at least, that sterility might result in female mixed-race people. Or worse things like randomly bleeding out and dying through your naughty bits because you're not really designed to do that.
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w-w-w-w-
Menstruation is the shedding of the uterine lining. It doesn't involve the direct loss of arterial blood through some kind of gaping womb wound. Overt menstruation of the human type is fairly rare in mammals, and it's a common misconception that other mammals (like dogs, for instance) have 'periods' in the human sense. The Cyrvans probably simply reabsorb the uterine lining internally, a process called covert menstruation.
Either way you're just disposing of the uterine lining one way or another. It's doubtful it'd cause any fatal flaws in hybrids. Sterility, sure, but that's par for the course.
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