Goblins or Orcs? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Starbreeze · 08-02-2002, 03:11 PM

I must be very mistaken, for I always thought that Saruman created the Uruk-hai by crossing Goblins and orcs - and that is mentioned in the film. Now using my scientific knowledge I can reasonably assume that there must be some genetic link between the two inorder that the cross be sucessful, but was the link as weak as that between a donkey and a horse, in which case a cross would produce infertile offspring, or was the link as strong as that between different types of dog, in which case a cross would have resulted in fertile offspring. If the offspring were fertile we can assume that goblins are merely an offshoot of the orc family tree (as has been said before) that have evolved a little differently, but if this was not the case and the offspring were infertile, then the two races must be separate and even prehaps at different evolutional levels.

Ok, my two cents worth there, sorry to have bored you.

08-02-2002, 03:11 PM	#31
Starbreeze Ghost of a Smile Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Mirkwood - Middle Earth Posts: 389	I must be very mistaken, for I always thought that Saruman created the Uruk-hai by crossing Goblins and orcs - and that is mentioned in the film. Now using my scientific knowledge I can reasonably assume that there must be some genetic link between the two inorder that the cross be sucessful, but was the link as weak as that between a donkey and a horse, in which case a cross would produce infertile offspring, or was the link as strong as that between different types of dog, in which case a cross would have resulted in fertile offspring. If the offspring were fertile we can assume that goblins are merely an offshoot of the orc family tree (as has been said before) that have evolved a little differently, but if this was not the case and the offspring were infertile, then the two races must be separate and even prehaps at different evolutional levels. Ok, my two cents worth there, sorry to have bored you. __________________ Do not tamper with the affairs of wizards, they are not all that subtle - Terry Pratchett To write is to make dreams, to make dreams is to awaken the fantasy of the mind, to awaken the mind is to be a master.