That would also be why the Gorn knew how to trick Federation starships in Arena because Betel knows how.Agreed. I posted this thought in the episode thread. That the hybridized Batel will go on a suicide mission to the Gorn homeworld where they are all now hibernating, and infect them with her virus. Like the Klingons, the virus alters the Gorn, just much more drastically. They all become hybridized Gorn-Humans, slowing down, and losing their tails. Thus Kirk refers to a creature the Metrons call a Gorn, because he's not familiar with their new form after they come out of hibernation.