Thread:Codebreaker 2100/@comment-26847105-20160330200055

Over here you asked if there are female orcs. I have some theories on this. One is that Orcs are hermaphrodites, meaning they have the reproductive organs of both males and females. I do have not a lot of information on this. However, I have another theory. In a passage in the Two Towers, it was sad the Uruk-Hai were half Mordor Black Uruk, and Half Dunlending. This shows that orcs have the ability to reproduce, but does not mention which gender either one was. In addition, in the Hobbit, Bolg is the son of Azog. If they were Elves from the start, they wouldn't be concidered related. So, this concludes that orcs can actually reproduce. The question is, are there actually female orcs, or all orcs are genderless, or male. Let's look at clownfish. The largest fish in a group becomes a female. I thought, maybe orcs have this ability as well. Since orcs are tough and strong, mostly fed blood, I hypothesize that the strongest orc in a group becomes a female. Why? Because orcs themselves are pretty big at grown age. Obviously, no little, skinny orc can give birth without dying. So the toughest one has too. But why don't we hear about these female orcs? Because they do not live so long. Once a "baby" orc is born, instead of breastfeeding the infant, the mother-orc feeds herself. This way, orcs can become powerful and deadly, tasting blood from the very beginning of their life. They inherit all the healthy genes from their mother, and at the same time, they inherit the nutrition. This is why we just don't hear about female orcs. Therefore, my theory is that orcs are born as hermaphrodites, then the largest one in a pack becomes a female at a specific age.  