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WARNING: This page countains information about weird alien genitals. The pictures are less intense than the ones you would find in a sex ed book, but be warned anyway.
WARNING: This page countains information about weird alien genitals. The pictures are less intense than the ones you would find in a sex ed book, but be warned anyway.
♦ Inhabitants > Biology > Reproduction
Reproductive systems of verdimar
All animal verdimar species are of ovopositors, some have the eggs grow in the parent (parent carriers) others have it grow in a host (parasitic carriers)
In verdimar there are no males nor females (not counting the alien, invasive species) but instead TYPE 1 and TYPE 2. Those do not look like earthian males/females nor funfill the same roles as them. TYPE 1 and TYPE 2 might be referred with any pronoun / be given any gender, with no official pattern or rule for that.
Parenting
What is parenting
Parenting is the name given to the biological parents of an offspring. That can be a TYPE 1 and a TYPE 2, or a TYPE 1 and TYPE 2 and a HOST. There are two types of parenting, defined by who carries the eggs:
Parent carrier x Parasyte carrier
Parasyte carriers are when TYPE1 puts egg on an unrelated host
Parent carries are when TYPE2 carries the egg
Host types
Often a big animal, only a small animal when the offspring is predatory
Relationships between parents and host
Some hosts influence the appearence of the offspring
Offspring types:
Hard sell: leaves parent once egg shell is hardened or when egg is too big to stay in the host.
Soft shell: hatches inside parent, leaves parent when a baby.
Predatory: hatches inside host and consumes them from inside out
Parenting is the name given to the biological parents of an offspring. That can be a TYPE 1 and a TYPE 2, or a TYPE 1 and TYPE 2 and a HOST. There are two types of parenting, defined by who carries the eggs:
Parent carrier x Parasyte carrier
Parasyte carriers are when TYPE1 puts egg on an unrelated host
Parent carries are when TYPE2 carries the egg
Host types
Often a big animal, only a small animal when the offspring is predatory
Relationships between parents and host
Some hosts influence the appearence of the offspring
Offspring types:
Hard sell: leaves parent once egg shell is hardened or when egg is too big to stay in the host.
Soft shell: hatches inside parent, leaves parent when a baby.
Predatory: hatches inside host and consumes them from inside out
Parent carriers
Parent carries are when TYPE2 carries the egg.
TYPE 1 and TYPE 2 are very similar in size. Inside, they are almost equal: Where TYPE 1 forms eggs TYPE 2 stores them. Their biggest difference is their gamet gland, in TYPE 1 it is fused withnin their egg storage and in TYPE 2 it is separated from the egg storage. Both use this gland to produce gamets and lubrification.
TYPE 1 genitals have the tip up, while TYPE 2 has tip down. This tip is called the "finger".
TYPE 1 and TYPE 2 are very similar in size. Inside, they are almost equal: Where TYPE 1 forms eggs TYPE 2 stores them. Their biggest difference is their gamet gland, in TYPE 1 it is fused withnin their egg storage and in TYPE 2 it is separated from the egg storage. Both use this gland to produce gamets and lubrification.
TYPE 1 genitals have the tip up, while TYPE 2 has tip down. This tip is called the "finger".
Mating process is separated in 3 steps:
1. TYPE 2 puts genetic material in TYPE 1.
2. TYPE 1 puts eggs in TYPE 2.
3. TYPE 2 either lays a hard shelled egg or gives birth to a baby.
1. TYPE 2 puts genetic material in TYPE 1.
2. TYPE 1 puts eggs in TYPE 2.
3. TYPE 2 either lays a hard shelled egg or gives birth to a baby.
Often parent carriers take care of their offspring, some having mammal glands very similar to earth mammals.
Parasite carries
Parasyte carriers are when TYPE1 puts egg on an unrelated host
TYPE 1 is a way thicker than TYPE 2, to be able to lay eggs and fit TYPE 2 inside.
TYPE 2 is longer than TYPE 1 to be able to reach its insides.
TYPE 1 is a way thicker than TYPE 2, to be able to lay eggs and fit TYPE 2 inside.
TYPE 2 is longer than TYPE 1 to be able to reach its insides.
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Mating comes in 3 steps:
1. TYPE 2 puts genetic material in TYPE 1.
2. TYPE 1 puts egg in a HOST.
3. HOST either gives birth to their offspring, lays an egg or is consumed inside-out. Yup
1. TYPE 2 puts genetic material in TYPE 1.
2. TYPE 1 puts egg in a HOST.
3. HOST either gives birth to their offspring, lays an egg or is consumed inside-out. Yup
Often parasitic carriers do not take care of their offspring, but instead, take care of the host until the baby is born.
Some hosts take advantage of this reproductive system, willingly raising the parasitic offspring as one of their own.
Some hosts take advantage of this reproductive system, willingly raising the parasitic offspring as one of their own.
Social impact in caiporas
The completely different genital types and their versatile functions impacted the way caipora percieve gender and biological sex, compared to their human background.
The caipora have conservative gender roles, however, there is no connection between gender and genitals.
Gender is given to caiporas at birth - parents pick a gender depending on what they think will be the best for the kid and what is needed in their society (i.e. water magica is seen as a masculine aspect, with a lack of water scholars parents might raise their kids to be masculine). Caiporas are free to change their role without social judgement when in their teens, but a later role change might recieve negative social reactions.
The use of "male and female" in caiporas is strictly referencing to anatomical traits, while "man and woman" is strictly referencing to their social roles.
Caiporas drop the human words for themselves upon fusioning, even if fusioning does not affect their reproductive anatomy.
The caipora have conservative gender roles, however, there is no connection between gender and genitals.
Gender is given to caiporas at birth - parents pick a gender depending on what they think will be the best for the kid and what is needed in their society (i.e. water magica is seen as a masculine aspect, with a lack of water scholars parents might raise their kids to be masculine). Caiporas are free to change their role without social judgement when in their teens, but a later role change might recieve negative social reactions.
The use of "male and female" in caiporas is strictly referencing to anatomical traits, while "man and woman" is strictly referencing to their social roles.
Caiporas drop the human words for themselves upon fusioning, even if fusioning does not affect their reproductive anatomy.