• @ummthatguyOP
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      On which time cycle/planet/arbitrary bullshit requirement?

      Edit: Also, the don’t get it wet part. Does that include moisture in the air? If it’s foggy in the morning, is that enough to cause them to multiply?

        • @marcos
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          59 months ago

          It gets way more interesting if you are in orbit.

          • @[email protected]
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            19 months ago

            The least believable think in Star Trek is that they figured out a universal time to keep track of. That would have been the biggest hurdle to that future from now.

    • @ummthatguyOP
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      119 months ago

      s2e21 “The Breach”

      • @samus12345
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        69 months ago

        What was the explanation for why Kirk’s Enterprise didn’t know what they were? They just weren’t common knowledge?

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          69 months ago

          I would assume redacted info thanks to Section 31, covering Starfleet’s mistakes regarding Edward’s experiments. Besides, Dr. Phlox only shows Hoshi the tribble, which is promptly fed to one of the doctor’s pets.

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            Oh, so it was just a quick reference. But wasn’t it Edward that made them breed so prodigiously, which was quite some time after this episode took place?

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                79 months ago

                Ah, so Q did it, gotcha.

                • @RizzRustbolt
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                  You just gave me a great idea for some truly epic van art.

        • @RizzRustbolt
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          29 months ago

          Because The Trouble with Tribbles aired back in the seventies.

        • @ummthatguyOP
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          139 months ago

          The tribble “ecological disaster” is technically the fault of humanity as a result of experimentation with an existing species. Watch the Short Trek “The Trouble with Edward” for more insight.

  • Flying SquidM
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    69 months ago

    If tribbles are born pregnant, do they actually need to be fed?

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      109 months ago

      Only to an extent, I imagine. Expended energy, diminishing returns, yadda yadda. I could see Mirror Phlox being the sort to test out how far a single tribble could stretch itself without food.

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      Aphids have a crazy reproduction cycle, with subsequent generations alternating between sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction (parthenogenesis). Sometimes, the eggs that are of the asexual generation can be and often are born pregnant. But i’m pretty sure they all eat my tomato plants… So, I’m gonna have to go with “yes”.

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    29 months ago

    If I recall correctly, he feeds it to one of his lizards a few second after this image.

    • @ummthatguyOP
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      19 months ago

      Indeed. Scan through the comments where I posted a gif of it.