Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Torn World: Read about Snow-Unicorns

The article on snow-unicorns has been expanded and updated, now visible to the public.  Now you can learn all about them!  The article also includes a terrific size-comparison picture showing a human, a snow-unicorn, and several other animals (the horse is for reference only, not present in the North).
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fayanora

fayanora

March 17 2011, 21:09:33 UTC 10 years ago

They gestate for 11 months, drink milk for over a year, are huge and probably only have 1 foal at a time, yet they have a 75% infant mortality rate? *ponders* How is it this species has survived without humans? Hell, how has this species survived even WITH humans? That is an extremely unrealistic fact sheet. Nothing that invests that much energy into a child and has that high an infant mortality rate would survive for long as a species.
ysabetwordsmith

Well...

ysabetwordsmith

March 17 2011, 21:17:24 UTC 10 years ago

>>They gestate for 11 months, drink milk for over a year, are huge and probably only have 1 foal at a time, yet they have a 75% infant mortality rate? *ponders* How is it this species has survived without humans?<<

Those ones wouldn't...

>> Hell, how has this species survived even WITH humans? <<

... and they are, in fact, in decline. That's an important plot point.

>> That is an extremely unrealistic fact sheet. Nothing that invests that much energy into a child and has that high an infant mortality rate would survive for long as a species.<<

It was carefully designed, although not all of the details are public. Chief among the known factors is inbreeding: the snow-unicorn population was never huge, and there hasn't been an outside source of genes available since the Upheaval. The Northerners have done the best they could, but it's a losing battle. All they can do is slow the decline.

Further discussion is pretty much up to ellenmillion as these are primarily her creation.
fayanora

Re: Well...

fayanora

March 17 2011, 21:20:02 UTC 10 years ago

Yeah. About all the unicorns have going for them is that if they're like horses, they can live upwards of 30 years. Which means they could have 15 babies or more in their lifetime.