> From: "Andrew Raphael"
>
> >One dog can destroy a vast proportion of a flock in a single night.
> >The defenses that sheep have developed are shepherds.
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> The mistake many of us are making is assuming that the herd beasts of
> Prax are domesticated like the cattle and sheep of North American
> ranches or Australian stations. They are not. Herd men are no more
> helpless than our hominid ancestors were. They are dumb like a water
> buffalo, a wild boar, a feral camel, a chimpanzee. They are dangerous
> when threatened.
The thing about herd-men is that they've never existed outside the influence of the Morokanth. In this way they are much more domesticated than sheep. On the other hand the morokanth may have wanted to create a sturdy and self sufficient breed. I belive herd-men are exactly what the morokanth want them to be or need them to be. A discussion about the deeper nature of herd-men would, in my opinion be misleading.. The question about what family structure herd-men has got must therefor be based on what the morokanth find usefull.
Of course there are wild herd-men but the breed is still a morokanth creation and their behavior would be accordingly, in my opinion.
There was another argument conserning the periode of helplessness experienced by morokanth after they are born. I belive this periode is significantly shorter because of their instincts (Fixed int = instincts). There is no need for the extensive socialisation process humans go through. Instincts are complexe patterns of behavior that are immediatly aviable. No need for a lengthy learning process.
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