How do Gerudos...

Reproduce? I mean ok their all female. so how on earth do they have more? There are no fathers as the only male is every 100 years. So how?

Sorry if this thread isnt good lock it once I have the answer. If there is an official one.

I don't know, magic?

I dont know but ive been wondering every since I new about them.

Maybe a Gerudo women just gets pregnant with no male and on her own. Like magic. That would kind od explain it......

Mayb the male just does all of em and he lives really long Ganondorf lives really long...

actually, if you talk to one of the Gossip stones near the Temple of Time (i'm pretty sure it's one of those ones) with the Mask of Truth, it'll tell you the Gerudo often come to Hyrule Castle town to look into getting a boyfriend.

so going by this i assume that the gerudos can reproduce with other races, however, the genetic traits of the father that decide gender, and various other things like the ear length (as gerudos have human ears), do not appear. basically meaning the "product" from the gerudo woman and the non-gerudo male will always come up as a fully gerudo female, i'd assume there is "racial" genetics of the Gerudo that are dominant over the genetics of the other races. the only exception to this strict rule is every 100 years when a gerudo Male is born, however still fully gerudo with no traits carried over from the father.

Either that, or Ganondorf has the best sex life any man can ever dream of.

That is a very good question! Maybe its the old guy on the floating carpet in the desert! Or the carpenters. But one, the Gerudos captured them and two, THEYRE GAY!

I remember talking to one of those stones in OoT and it said that the Gerudos leave there fortress every once in a while to find boyfriends. Perhaps they have some sort of social system like that. Or there is such genetic differences between all the female Gerudos that they can have a society with just one male. Sorry if that was sort of odd, I just joined.

Originally Posted by Squiggy

actually, if you talk to one of the Gossip stones near the Temple of Time (i'm pretty sure it's one of those ones) with the Mask of Truth, it'll tell you the Gerudo often come to Hyrule Castle town to look into getting a boyfriend..

how do u remember that

and i was thinkin may b it is magic because Twinrova is magical and she gave birth 2 Ganondorf. and whotf would do 2 Old migets? but then again they were diff when they were Twinrova

Maybe it's like Squiggy said, with the Gerudos having stronger racial traits. It makes sense. Right? Because if it was just one male all of the genetics would be just to similar, and that doesn't work in genetics right??? Does anyone know that could work????

I thought Twinrova were just Ganondorf's foster mothers, not his real mothers.

Maybe we should all follow the storyline instead of asking questions..... I dont think Mr Miaymoto intended for this question to be asked or answered. Maybe we should all have faith in the game instead of contradicting it.

Originally Posted by Niyko

Reproduce? I mean ok their all female. so how on earth do they have more? There are no fathers as the only male is every 100 years. So how?

Sorry if this thread isnt good lock it once I have the answer. If there is an official one.

If you read one of the Gossip Stones near the Temple of Time it says, "Sometimes Gerudos go to Hyrule Market to find Boyfriends."

That kinda answers it.

Otherwise, I dunno how they reproduce.Magic?

Originally Posted by Squiggy

actually, if you talk to one of the Gossip stones near the Temple of Time (i'm pretty sure it's one of those ones) with the Mask of Truth, it'll tell you the Gerudo often come to Hyrule Castle town to look into getting a boyfriend.

so going by this i assume that the gerudos can reproduce with other races, however, the genetic traits of the father that decide gender, and various other things like the ear length (as gerudos have human ears), do not appear. basically meaning the "product" from the gerudo woman and the non-gerudo male will always come up as a fully gerudo female, i'd assume there is "racial" genetics of the Gerudo that are dominant over the genetics of the other races. the only exception to this strict rule is every 100 years when a gerudo Male is born, however still fully gerudo with no traits carried over from the father.

There! Question answered! Stop replying! I saw it on Oot for myself! Now the mods should lock this. What took you guys so long?

Twinrova were just Ganondorf's surrogate mothers, not his actual ones.

Anyways, I read in the official guide how the female gerudos are stronger than their male counterparts, so my guess is that they either just imprison the men and use them to reproduce, or as slaves. About them having Hylian boyfriends, that's probably just a toned-down way of saying that they go to them for sex, but we'll never actually know for sure.

Although on the flipside, they could be able to reproduce with Hylians, and maybe disown or execute the baby boys.

i'd assume there is "racial" genetics of the Gerudo that are dominant over the genetics of the other races.

Yes, but that's highly unlikely, there'd probably be at least some co-dominant traits involved, which is what makes me think that there are other Gerudo men besides the King hiomself that are allowed to live.

Originally Posted by Onilinks_Shadow

and i was thinkin may b it is magic because Twinrova is magical and she gave birth 2 Ganondorf. and whotf would do 2 Old migets? but then again they were diff when they were Twinrova

actually there the seragate(sp?) mothers of Ganondorf. They took care of him but neither one gave birth to him.

Originally Posted by Squiggy

actually, if you talk to one of the Gossip stones near the Temple of Time (i'm pretty sure it's one of those ones) with the Mask of Truth, it'll tell you the Gerudo often come to Hyrule Castle town to look into getting a boyfriend.

so going by this i assume that the gerudos can reproduce with other races, however, the genetic traits of the father that decide gender, and various other things like the ear length (as gerudos have human ears), do not appear. basically meaning the "product" from the gerudo woman and the non-gerudo male will always come up as a fully gerudo female, i'd assume there is "racial" genetics of the Gerudo that are dominant over the genetics of the other races. the only exception to this strict rule is every 100 years when a gerudo Male is born, however still fully gerudo with no traits carried over from the father.

and that makes alot of sense

Super dominant genes. The gerudo's, I believe, mate with hylian men, but their genes are so dominant that the babies all look like pure bred gerudos. I believe that the gerudo egg has a high defense against Y-type sperm, only allowing X-type sperm to penetrate the membrane, which of course results in all females. The Y-type defense is not infinate however and sometimes, but very rarely, (so rare in fact it only happens about once every hundred years) a Y-type will manage to penetrate the egg, resulting in a male with the gerudo genes.

even though Silver Arrow and I both have sensical explanations.

I happen to have the toned down version, mainly because i'm pretty sure that Nintendo wouldn't go turn the Zelda games into a High Fantasy Sex Ed. class.

and i'd bet there probably ARE some traits from the father that may appear, but they are likely to be so subtle and/or insignificant that they don't exactly matter enough.

and when they mentioned Twinrova as Ganondorf's surrogate mothers, remember, a surrogate mother is a woman who gives birth to a child with a donated egg and sperm.

i'd be guessing this to be the case, as Ganondorf was probably birthed by Twinrova in their... fused... form, thus making them surrogate mothers to Ganondorf in their separated form.

Originally Posted by Onilinks_Shadow

how do u remember that

and i was thinkin may b it is magic because Twinrova is magical and she gave birth 2 Ganondorf. and whotf would do 2 Old migets? but then again they were diff when they were Twinrova

He remembers it because it's true. Go to the area just outside the Temple of Time--the one with a set camera position. There are three gossip stones lined up at the fence there. Talk to the one in the center. ...Or was it the one on the right? I know the one on the left is the one that says Malon wants a knight in shining armor to sweep her off her feet, and one of the other two was the one about the Gerudos... What was the other one? I don't seem to remember.

Originally Posted by White_Winged_Darkness

actually there the seragate mothers of Ganondorf.

Surrogate. ^_^

Originally Posted by Squiggy

even though Silver Arrow and I both have sensical explanations.

I happen to have the toned down version, mainly because i'm pretty sure that Nintendo wouldn't go turn the Zelda games into a High Fantasy Sex Ed. class.

and i'd bet there probably ARE some traits from the father that may appear, but they are likely to be so subtle and/or insignificant that they don't exactly matter enough.

and when they mentioned Twinrova as Ganondorf's surrogate mothers, remember, a surrogate mother is a woman who gives birth to a child with a donated egg and sperm.

i'd be guessing this to be the case, as Ganondorf was probably birthed by Twinrova in their... fused... form, thus making them surrogate mothers to Ganondorf in their separated form.

Oh, God! The graphicness! It burns!! Good Lord, my corneas are aflame!! Somebody, anybody, help me!!!

Originally Posted by Ichabod_L

Yes, but that's highly unlikely, there'd probably be at least some co-dominant traits involved, which is what makes me think that there are other Gerudo men besides the King hiomself that are allowed to live.

God, I wish I could remember everything I studied in Biology so I could converse with you. ^_^ Guess I don't have much backing for referring to myself a Science wiz anymore, eh?

Originally Posted by Wielder of the Sword

God, I wish I could remember everything I studied in Biology so I could converse with you. ^_^ Guess I don't have much backing for referring to myself a Science wiz anymore, eh?

Are you kidding me? That was from 8th grade science class . I don't know much about genetics, just the basics, and I think I've realized why this isn't going to make much sence...

You see, let's take a random trait that the Gerudos have (human ears) and call it H. The hylians have the trait h for pointed ears. If a pure bred-Gerudo were to mate with a Hylian (saying it would work of course) then it would have the Hh gene, and since the H is dominant, it shows up physically instead of h. Now if that mixed-breed Gerudo were to mate with a Hylian, it would pass on either the H or h trait. If it passed on the h, then the child would be hh, and therefor have pointy ears and be a Hylian, if not (Hh) then it would have human ears and be a Gerudo. Perfect plan right? No.

Let's assume that the Gerudos have... oh I don't know, pointed feet (represented by P), and hylians don't (p). So let's say the pure-bred Hylian has hh and pp genes, and the Gerudo has Hh and Pp genes. Their baby (possible combinations):

hh pp (pure-bred Hylian)
Hh Pp (Gerudo with mixed genes)
hh Pp (mixed breed,