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Anonymous writes...
Dear Mr Weisman , I'm a Research Biologist and I have a few questions on Gargoyle Reproduction and Physiology that have intrigued me and I would love to have them answered . I'm a cell biologist by trade and it's been a while since I did any sort of Physiology at collage so the questions are pretty basic and should pose no problems . 1. Gargoyles and Humans are of course two separate species but do thay share a similar Chromosomal matrix ( e.g. do both species have the same number of chromosome ) 2. Can Gargoyles and Humans procreate naturally . 3. If the answer to 2 is no can the process be assisted by genetic manipulation . 4. Not wanting to get risky , are humans and gargoyles sexually compatible . 5. What is the average time of gestation for a gargoyle egg from conception to the laying of the egg . 6. What is the average time for a gargoyle egg to hatch . 7.
Can a female gargoyle lay more than one egg per breeding cycle . 8. How long is the time between gargoyle breeding cycles are gargoyle females only fertile for that period ( e.g. 1 clutch of eggs every 20 years ) . 9. Is the gargoyle breeding cycle a matter of chose for the entire clan so their young are born abreast or is it a biological factor that occurs every certain number of years that induces a clan to reproduce at the same time .
10. Dose a gargoyle egg have a soft shell like a snakes egg when it is layed or dose in have a hard shell . Thank you very much for both producing a series that I love dearly and for answering these questions
Greg responds...
1. I don't know.
2. No.
3. Perhaps. I know Sevarius would like to try.
4. That depends what you mean. Could they give each other physical pleasure? Certainly; there are a lot of ways to make love. Do Gargoyles have the same "parts" as humans? Basically, yes. Are they exactly the same? No.
5. Six months to a year.
6. Ten years. And that's not an average. It's ten years flat out, unless there was some kind of magical interference (e.g. the eggs that were taken to Avalon where time passes more slowly).
7. No.
8. A gargoyle female (with sperm from a male) can only lay one egg, once every twenty years. It's one of the reasons that Gargoyles are not a prolific race.
9. It's a biological factor, though there are cultural traditions that have become connected to the timing of mating, laying and hatching over the years. (By the way, Gargoyles have sex more than once every twenty years, but they do not reproduce anymore frequently.)
10. Gargoyle eggs have soft shells when they are laid during a night ritual, but they turn hard at sunrise and stay hard for ten years -- night and day.
11. Hatchlings nurse.
12. Expect hatchlings in 1998 in Ishimura, Guatemala, outside London, etc.
13. Angela won't be fertile again until 2007. And, no, she didn't lay any eggs on Avalon.