Acquiring the same DNA at different ages

[XenomorphLV426]

But how would that work with insects or animals that only live for a certain number of hours, days, or weeks? Obviously the DNA morph doesn't just die inside the host. Otherwise they'd be morphing zombie ants and flies.

Brrraaaaiiiinnss.  !!!!!

[Starsword]

That pretty awesome right there.  Zombie animorphs sound pretty sweet.

[Phoenix004]

That pretty awesome right there.  Zombie animorphs sound pretty sweet.

If I go on fanfiction.net right now and find a fic entitled "Zombiemorphs" then at least I'll know who to hunt down for making up such a ridiculous idea! 

[Starsword]

What's scarier than children that can be practically any living thing on the planet?.?.? Zombie children that can be practically any living thing on the planet! That would keep me up at night.

[Phoenix004]

It's 3am here, but I was awake anyway! Zombies don't scare me, I have a "Zombie Plan." 

Can anybody actually think of a practical use for acquiring the same individual more than once?

[musicman88]

To acquire and older and more powerful version of the morph?

[Starsword]

Or to apply for AARP and senior discounts in Florida

[RYTX]

Well, you may be able to force yourself out of an allergy. If you're pre-exposed you might be able to handle it in the future.
Still doubt Rachel would try to morph a croc again, but it might work

[Blake (xtrunkzx)]

I think that the DNA ages as you go along.  Remember when Jake ran into Tobias in the future?  Tobias was morphed as Ax, but the morph was older.

Yea but Tobias had morphed & became a nothlit again, thus aging.
I'd say that they would be seperate sets of DNA because if u consider all the hormones n stuff that makes the body age is different if u compare an adult n child together.

[Yorick Brown]

They wouldn't be sepratae sets of DNA at One or One Hundred. Your DNA will alwayys be the same.

[morfowt]

if you DNA doesn't change with age, then how does the morphing technology determine which age the animal is in when you morph it?

[musicman88]

They wouldn't be separate sets of DNA at One or One Hundred. Your DNA will always be the same.

Technically your DNA is the same but what's different about it is which parts are "turned on".  That's just as important as the DNA in the first place.

[Blake (xtrunkzx)]

if you DNA doesn't change with age, then how does the morphing technology determine which age the animal is in when you morph it?

I always assumed it to be the age that you aquire that animal.
Ex: when Ax morphs human, he aquires the Animorphs DNA at roughly age 13-14, give or take the serveral months considering when they all started the war, the months between that start n Ax's arrival n the gaps between all of they're b-days. Anyways, Ax's morph would be whatever that average age is. So towards the end of the war, Ax's human morph would be roughly 2 years behind the Animorphs' actual age. Same thing w Tobias after the Ellimist intervenes. His morph to his human self would be whatever the age was the night before they met Elfangor.

[morfowt]

um...just asking, is there a reason you quoted that?

[Blake (xtrunkzx)]

um....no....
i kinda just felt like it