Dragaera

Dragaeran Age

Tue Aug 19 14:40:49 PDT 2003

Evolutionarily speaking, the idea of a 30 year old baby is simply 
ridiculous.  Anyone with a child knows that for the most part, infants are 
basically leeches, parasites that are entirely dependent on the parents for 
support.  Thankfully this doesn't last long, because someone who is almost 
entirely vulnerable unless a parent is around is simply not likely to 
survive very long.  That's why babies grow so damn quick when they're really 
young, and then the aging process starts to slow...

But to think--if a child cannot walk, communicate, etc, then the act of 
parenting becomes not only a curse but an extremely improbable one.  What 
baby would survive like that for 30 years?  There must be *some* 
evolutionary method of keeping the child safe for such a duration.

Jon

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