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Frieda · 09-03-2002, 07:17 AM

Well, humans and elves can reproduce together can't they?
So, I was wondering, do you think that hobbits and humans could reproduce together too?

I don't think it's ever happened but I'm curious as to if it'd be possible. :/ Maybe we don't really know but what do you think?

I'd guess that it's possible since they are quite similar to each other.
It would probably be a little weird though to see a pairing of a human and a hobbit though since there'd be such a height difference. ^^

Anyways, I hope this is the right forum for a topic like this. If it isn't then someone can move it.

piosenniel · 09-04-2002, 01:14 AM

Hobbits and humans are from similar races, there is no reason they couldn't reproduce.

Gayalondiel · 09-04-2002, 01:40 AM

Genetically they could, as hobbits are in origin humans, as i understand it. However it would probably be fatal for a hobbit lass to carry a half-human child. Not to mention their general distrust of the Big People.

So technically yes, but they probably wouldn't.

Frieda · 09-04-2002, 06:25 AM

So the female would probably have to be the human and the male the hobbit most likely?

And I agree that they probably wouldn't...it'd probably be a rare occurance if it ever happened.

Well, thanks for replying though. ^_^ At first I didn't think anyone was going to. :/

Evisse the Blue · 09-05-2002, 05:43 AM

How about hobbits and elves? I think I read somewhere a fanfic with this improbable storyline.

But then again, think of the Tooks ancestors who are said to have married a 'fairy'.

09-03-2002, 07:17 AM	#1
Frieda Haunting Spirit Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada. Posts: 53	Just wondering... Well, humans and elves can reproduce together can't they? So, I was wondering, do you think that hobbits and humans could reproduce together too? I don't think it's ever happened but I'm curious as to if it'd be possible. :/ Maybe we don't really know but what do you think? I'd guess that it's possible since they are quite similar to each other. It would probably be a little weird though to see a pairing of a human and a hobbit though since there'd be such a height difference. ^^ Anyways, I hope this is the right forum for a topic like this. If it isn't then someone can move it.

09-04-2002, 01:14 AM	#2
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	Hobbits and humans are from similar races, there is no reason they couldn't reproduce. __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

09-04-2002, 01:40 AM	#3
Gayalondiel Wight Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: My own little wierd, wierd world Posts: 133	Genetically they could, as hobbits are in origin humans, as i understand it. However it would probably be fatal for a hobbit lass to carry a half-human child. Not to mention their general distrust of the Big People. So technically yes, but they probably wouldn't. __________________ Not another ****ing Elf! ~C.S.Lewis

09-05-2002, 05:43 AM	#5
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	How about hobbits and elves? I think I read somewhere a fanfic with this improbable storyline. But then again, think of the Tooks ancestors who are said to have married a 'fairy'. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

09-04-2002, 06:25 AM	#4
Frieda Haunting Spirit Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada. Posts: 53	So the female would probably have to be the human and the male the hobbit most likely? And I agree that they probably wouldn't...it'd probably be a rare occurance if it ever happened. Well, thanks for replying though. ^_^ At first I didn't think anyone was going to. :/