It had been a domestication case that had initiated Xrgl’l’s interest in the communication habits of these odd bipedal creatures. Breeding programs experienced low success, not least because of the low rate of sexual dimorphism in the species, which made it difficult to determine which humans belonged to what sex. Interestingly enough, while studies had shown at least five different sexes apparent in human biology, most humans appeared to sexually react to only two or three, and not always in a pro-reproductive manner. Thus, it was considered a resounding success when a breeding pair, under the care of a planet-bound family, produced a whole two infants from the same egg-sperm unit. Enough was known about the biology to allow for a healthy birthing, but what happened afterwards had shocked the scientific community.
Category: Science Fiction
Red Ashes
Nothing, save sunlight, had touched this land in a millennium. Animals, even the insects and worms, had yet to repopulate this far south. With no food to draw them, the migratory birds had changed their routes; when marine life strayed too close, they soon joined the decomposing wall of flesh that was still sinking to the ocean floor. The ships that had sought safe harbor a thousand years past should have rotted into nothingness, but the lack of microbial life had left them well preserved.