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Originally Posted by Ronald Brak
We've had plenty of examples of non-humans being raised by humans. The moral is, unless it's been genetically modified, such as a dog or horse, or too small to kill us, such as a domestic cat, you need generally need a female or a casterated male to have prolonged sucess in even partially intergrating the non-human into human society. This certainly applies to kangaroos where males will start to fight for territory once they mature. But it also applies to much smarter and closely related animals such as chimpanzees.
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Among most Earth mammals, yes. Aliens might work totally differently.
Reminds me of one of the Enterprise episodes, I forget which, but Dr. Phlox said his species' males got violent and competitive during mating season. He himself was not shown to act abnormally during this time, probably because he was isolated from the pheromones of females in estrus.
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