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I have to admit, I was curious about this too. Then I remembered that the queens are parthenogenetic and have to be treated with special hormones before they can reproduce. So, unless the queens are also immortal, Vorkosigan bugs must have a limited shelf-life even if the queen escapes - because after she dies, unless someone deliberately hormone-treats a second queen, the line will die out eventually, as the remaining bugs die of old age. Of course, how long that is would depend on the lifespan of each individual bug... :-)
I'm sure Mark would see the business advantage to being able to create bugs with logos on them for a client.
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Apr 20, 2015 09:20AM
I have to admit, I was curious about this too. Then I remembered that the queens are parthenogenetic and have to be treated with special hormones before they can reproduce. So, unless the queens are also immortal, Vorkosigan bugs must have a limited shelf-life even if the queen escapes - because after she dies, unless someone deliberately hormone-treats a second queen, the line will die out eventually, as the remaining bugs die of old age. Of course, how long that is would depend on the lifespan of each individual bug... :-)
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I'm sure Mark would see the business advantage to being able to create bugs with logos on them for a client.
