How do Andalites reproduce?

[Moanna]

Probably been asked before but I couldn't find it on this forum. (Maybe no one else was disturbed enough to want to know!)

If this is a violation do let me know, but as long as it's kept sensible surely no harm can come of it.  ???

I don't think KA ever mentioned anything, except something about a wishing tree.

I always assumed it was similar to horses, but then that doesn't seem, Andalite enough to me.

[wildweathel]

There's nothing in cannon that deals with Andalite reproductive biology.  

So, we have nothing.  Move along.  Move along.

(seriously, we know more about Ketran and Skrit Na reproduction than Andalite.  Strange, hunh?)

[Coal Kropotkin]

I always presumed they mated the same way as horses. Never thought about the birth giving.
And I would like to state the ONLY reason I even have thought about the mating is because of that sodding fan-fic.

[Moanna]

I'm not judging, I thought about it cos i'm wierd and its interesting and I didn't see if it was mentioned anyware.

Nothing wrong with wondering, i think....

[Chad32]

It's been in other threads. I think maybe the Andalite Physiology thread. I figure they mate like horses, or dogs. The male comes from behind, and things procede from there. As for how a newborn eats, I figure they're able to eat grass from the start. If they take milk, then I figure the milk leaks down onto the grass, and the newborn walks on it. That may seem a little weird, but it's not as bad as other things I've heard about. Just look up how baby koalas eat.

That's my theory.

[wildweathel]

Lactation is biologically extremely strange, guys.  No reason to think any other taxa have figured that trick out.

* wildweathel can't believe he's involved in this conversation.  Eject, eject, eject!

[anijen21]

when a mommy and daddy andalite love each other very much, the kafit stork comes and delivers a baby!

[Coal Kropotkin]

Well, I wouldn't have thought they lactated. Although if they do I would presume they would have some form of feeding area in their scoop. Like a small hole dug for baby to stick their foot in.
They seemed rather mammalian(Horse reference). So, I would say that they mate/reproduce as most mammals.
I think really the only difference would be the feeding.
Although it seems a bit... vulgar for such a proper specie.

Also, is it ever mentioned how long an Andalite gestation is?

[Essam 293]

when a mommy and daddy andalite love each other very much, the kafit stork comes and delivers a baby!

Oh, WIN!

+1 for you, haha.

[Shark Akhrrana]

I think i know why its not mentioned.
see the ones who would answer that question to any of the Animorphs who want to know
would be an Andalite.
maybe they don't want to talk about it.

[Shock]

* wildweathel can't believe he's involved in this conversation.  Eject, eject, eject!

wrong choice of words when you are talking about reproductive biology.

anyways, my guess they go like the deer do.

although those tails must be a bugger to get out of the way.

[ThinkAgain]

Not to be rude, I think it's pretty arrogant to assume that Andalites reproduce and care for young like mammals do.

What if they lay eggs? Platypuses have fur and are mammal like in most ways, yet they lay eggs; no need for lactation. There simply isn't enough evidence to say anything conclusive.

What if a female produces something similar to an egg, and the male somehow fertilizes it outside the body, where it grows inside that egg-type thing until it is ready?

Just because it happens one way on earth doesn't mean that it will happen that way on a planet light years away.

[goom]

It's been in other threads. I think maybe the Andalite Physiology thread. I figure they mate like horses, or dogs. The male comes from behind, and things procede from there. As for how a newborn eats, I figure they're able to eat grass from the start. If they take milk, then I figure the milk leaks down onto the grass, and the newborn walks on it. That may seem a little weird, but it's not as bad as other things I've heard about. Just look up how baby koalas eat.

That's my theory.

meh, i doubt they mate in a fashion anywhere close to what we do.
maybe telepathic conception?

[anijen21]

honestly I have a much bigger problem with hork-bajir reproduction than andalite reproduction

unless getting all sliced up is a part of hork-bajir foreplay...

[wildweathel]

 

Well, if porcupines can manage, I'm sure the Hork-Bajir have it figured out. 

(pro-tip: Never attempt to tooth-and-claw kill a porcupine.  It may seem like a good idea at the time.  But, oh, the horror...)

And yes, platypuses are weird.  Internal fertilization, oviparous, and yes, dear Virginia they do lactate.  Weird, even by Earth standards.

(side note, can you imagine this convo happening?
Tobias: *awkwardly explains lactation*
Ax: 
Epic lulz there.)

If I recall correctly, the bit in TAC about the wishflower at least implies that gestation is fairly long.  Which would suggest placental vivipary on Earth, but hey, like I said, there's precious little cannon evidence to go on.