From: TTrotsky@aol.com
Date: Sun 03 Sep 2000 - 00:08:22 EEST
Alex:
<< > [Blue elf isogamy] is certainly possible, although not quite the
Prithee, do go on. ;-) I infer you mean that they'd have one sex, but two
That's the usual meaning of hermaphrodite :-)
interpretation I make of their description as 'hermaphrodites'.
sorts of gametes, then? >>
There are many botanical instances of plants which are male and female
at different times of the year (i.e. their stamens mature faster than their
stigmas, or vice versa), which is an alternative model to the usual animal
hermaphrodite (such as snails). OTOH, it resembles some of the animal-based
mermen rather too closely, IMO - given the 'intersex' associations of water
in Glorantha, I think there ought to be some blatant hermaphrodites in the
oceans somewhere.
<< (As do most familiar plants, of course; seaweed I admit I could do with
Seaweed can be oogamous (e.g. kelp), isogamous, anisogamous or
some brushing up on...) >>
monoecious (botany-speak for hermaphrodite), which covers just about every
option one could think of, really.
Forward the glorious Red Army!
Trotsky
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