--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Edward Fox" <spambucket0@...>
wrote:
>
> God the things I start thinking about at 3 in the morning! G.
>
> Ok. You have a world where people of many species live together.
> People won't just happen to fall in live with members of their own
> species every time. But couples will want cubs.
>
> Let's say that an otter male is married to a lion and a skunk. (Boy
> is that asking for trouble. G.) In their culture a female can just
go
> to a clinic and be artificially inseminated with sperm that matches
> her species. However, that was not always the case throughout all
of
> history and customs evolve to accommodate practical needs.
>
> The lioness and the skunk would have needed a donor. So the cubs
will
> have a caregiver father (or just 'father') who raised them and each
> species of cub will have a blood father.
>
> A blood father would have social and probably religious
recognition.
> It would have evolved into the culture. Maybe there is a ceremony
> involved in becoming a blood father. Maybe the blood father has
> legally recognized conjugal rights regarding his access to the
female
> who is the mother of his cubs and she'd have those same rights
> regarding him. He will have a right to visit his cubs and to be
with
> them. But he will play a lesser role in the raising of his cubs and
> in their support. He would be welcome at the dinner table at a
family
> reunion as a member of the family.
>
> Ok. Now it's getting complicated but it was fun to think about. G.
>
> Edward Fox
Well,my dear Fox.You forgot a very important detail:the author also
can ignore the Biology´s laws!See two characters created by Eric
Schwartz:Amy and Thomas.She is a squirrel.He,a wolf.Sprite
this,Thomas impregenated Amy and them had a son,Timmy.
Brat Bat,a Brazilian furry fan.
>
Received on Thu Jan 31 2008 - 19:12:39 CST