Is this a thing anyone ever does?

by Timer

Typically I've noticed that the altricial traits in anthro species are pretty similar to what we see in humans. Not really surprising since that's what they're a stand-in for (sorta). Something I don't see much is eyes being sealed shut. Which you would think if, for example, you scaled a mouse's lifespan up to something similar to a human, you wouldn't expect the eyes to open until they were well into the toddler stage of life. This is something I decided to add to "The Pact" where Bridget's youngest brother is still a blind pinkie, and opening of the eyes is a major milestone in a mouse's childhood development.

Conversely I haven't noticed much precociality among anthros (except maybe in ferals). I suppose the idea of a fully ambulatory newborn is sorta weird for our stand-ins, not to mention hard for us to process since it's so foreign to our experience. However, there could be some interesting story elements to it.

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IndigoNeko

1 month, 1 week ago

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This is something I was going to bring up in my next story. But the twins are feline and premature, so they're not exactly standard births by any stretch. Anyway, it's still something to think about.

Elazul

1 month, 1 week ago

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You are right, I don't think I've seen this specific example in any furry media so far. I love it when artists/authors considers one of these biological/developmental differences from other species and considers how they would play out in anthros, and how that might effect their culture or lifestyle.

Timer

1 month ago

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@ Elazul

I try to think about it, but it's often easy to fall into the trap of "they're just furry humans".

But if you had a world with a mix of people, some of whom are born helpless, and others who are further developed at birth, that would huge implications for the world.  Like for cats, dogs, mice, etc. that are born helpless and blind, it would make sense if their schooling would start at a similar age as humans.  At 5 years of age they could be independent enough to start kindergarten.  But for something like a deer or bovine that would be born with most of their motor functions and a more developed brain, they might start kindergarten (or at least preschool) around their first birthday.  They might even be born with some level of language understanding that they picked up in utero.

And then marsupials are a whole different story.

DreamGod

1 month ago

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I don't think I've ever seen it.

In all the stories I've read that were more than just "peg into hole", anything that handled infant growth was pretty much the same you'd see in a normal fantasy novel/movie, i.e. dragons learning to fly like birds, learning to walk like fawn, or just skipping over the shit entirely.

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