[The elevator arrives and with the press of a button, the doors close in front of them... allowing Ryuji's route of final escape to gently slip away.]
I deny the very basis of your assumption! There are multiple methods of reproduction that yield offspring without involving penetration.
A single individual can produce offspring asexually through multiple methods. While my work with aquatic beings is limited, Turbellarian flatworms are capable of fission. Creatures who can separate their bodies into head and tail regions then regenerate the missing half and create two new organisms. Coral are quite capable of reproduction through budding. The original organism experiences an outgrowth on part of it's body. The separation of this growth creates a new individual, smaller than it's prior host. If an entity is capable of fragmentation, and the parts are big enough, a separate individual will regrow from each part. Surely even you cannot be ignorant of the abilities of certain sea stars. A new creature can be regenerated from a broken arm and a piece of their central discs.
Of course these are all low-level entities. The true power of asexual reproduction lies in parthenogenesis, where eggs develop without being fertilized. Typically it's observed in invertebrates such as ants, wasps, and bees. However! Some vertebrate creatures are also capable of being able to reproduce through parthenogenesis. Two komodo dragons, a hammerhead shark, and a blacktop shark have all been documented as having produced parthenogenic young when the females have been isolated from males!
Even in sexual reproduction it is not a finite necessity to bring forth new life into this world. Hermaphrodites are entities that encompass both male and female reproductive systems within one entity. While they prefer to mate, they can also be capable of self fertilization.
External fertilization usually occurs in aquatic environments where both eggs and sperm are released into the water. After the sperm reaches the egg, fertilization takes place--[Please tell me you hit a floor button, Ryuji.]
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[The elevator arrives and with the press of a button, the doors close in front of them... allowing Ryuji's route of final escape to gently slip away.]
I deny the very basis of your assumption! There are multiple methods of reproduction that yield offspring without involving penetration.
A single individual can produce offspring asexually through multiple methods. While my work with aquatic beings is limited, Turbellarian flatworms are capable of fission. Creatures who can separate their bodies into head and tail regions then regenerate the missing half and create two new organisms. Coral are quite capable of reproduction through budding. The original organism experiences an outgrowth on part of it's body. The separation of this growth creates a new individual, smaller than it's prior host. If an entity is capable of fragmentation, and the parts are big enough, a separate individual will regrow from each part. Surely even you cannot be ignorant of the abilities of certain sea stars. A new creature can be regenerated from a broken arm and a piece of their central discs.
Of course these are all low-level entities. The true power of asexual reproduction lies in parthenogenesis, where eggs develop without being fertilized. Typically it's observed in invertebrates such as ants, wasps, and bees. However! Some vertebrate creatures are also capable of being able to reproduce through parthenogenesis. Two komodo dragons, a hammerhead shark, and a blacktop shark have all been documented as having produced parthenogenic young when the females have been isolated from males!
Even in sexual reproduction it is not a finite necessity to bring forth new life into this world. Hermaphrodites are entities that encompass both male and female reproductive systems within one entity. While they prefer to mate, they can also be capable of self fertilization.
External fertilization usually occurs in aquatic environments where both eggs and sperm are released into the water. After the sperm reaches the egg, fertilization takes place--[Please tell me you hit a floor button, Ryuji.]