They do in Babylon 5. Series 1 Episode 13,Signs and Portents. Garibaldi and Sinclair in the urinal.
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They do in Babylon 5. Series 1 Episode 13,Signs and Portents. Garibaldi and Sinclair in the urinal.
G'Kar, when the pee fell.
Lennier, his zipper undone!
We never did find much out about Minbari physiology but they appear to be sexually dimorphic although I wondered if there were differences between castes as seen in hive animals such as bees.
I expect that Centauri male reproductive organs, although prehensile and useful for cheating at cards, are not used to expel waste products from the body. The males and females might be similar in that respect although do females have six vaginas? (For comparison, marsupial females have three vaginas and two uteruses; the males often have a bifurcated penis and the testes are forward of the penis.) I imagine the Centauri male appendages might function like an octopus' modified tentacle that delivers a spermatophore to the female so delivering six might be considered a heroic feat of love making.
I expect that Centauri male reproductive organs, although prehensile and useful for cheating at cards, are not used to expel waste products from the body. The males and females might be similar in that respect although do females have six vaginas? (For comparison, marsupial females have three vaginas and two uteruses; the males often have a bifurcated penis and the testes are forward of the penis.) I imagine the Centauri male appendages might function like an octopus' modified tentacle that delivers a spermatophore to the female so delivering six might be considered a heroic feat of love making.
If I remember correctly, Centauri vaginas are located on the back, symmetrically along the spine. Presumably the male embraces the female with his tentacles. Sounds mondo romantic to me. 
Group hug!If I remember correctly, Centauri vaginas are located on the back, symmetrically along the spine. Presumably the male embraces the female with his tentacles. Sounds mondo romantic to me.
Was one of the signs in the bathroom written in Vorlon?
Oddly, it translates as:
If the genetic code is passed from the male as spermatophores then oxytocin (insert Centauri equivalent) release might not be possible unless a female is involved.^The possibility that they physically can't, may actually explain quite a lot about the Centauri.
As we have opposable thumbs, we have the last laugh.
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Eh, a bitch or queen - not so much.
True. From Larry DiTillio's introduction to "Born to the Purple":If I remember correctly, Centauri vaginas are located on the back, symmetrically along the spine. Presumably the male embraces the female with his tentacles. Sounds mondo romantic to me.
I suspect the actors were just cat toys to the writers sometimes.
You have to wonder what Centauri think when they encounter human females wearing open back dresses. It must seem at once vulgar and unnerving. For us the equivalent would be someone walking around in just chaps sans trousers with a Ken doll's anatomy on full display.
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That's a mental picture I never, ever expected. And now I'll never be able to unsee it....
I can't recall if this was explained but are Centauri females naturally bald or do they shave their heads for some sociological reason? The males have the whole head quiff going on (unless they are the emperor or low born), which I take to be a sexual display akin to that of a peacock's tail.
I take it you've never seen 'Dogma' then?
They shave it, starting around adolescence. In Centauri society hair=status. The bigger the hair, the more important and powerful you are. Women have no status of their own (in theory, anyway) and thus shave their heads.
Yet the first two emperors we saw didn't follow the rule -- Turhan was bald and Cartagia had quite a modest crest. Perhaps they felt they had nothing to prove -- Turhan certainly rejected vanity; Cartagia was basically a Caligula stand-in and therefore did whatever took his whim.
First off, it's not a rule so much as a social convention. Like men wearing ties. Indeed it wasn't that long ago that wearing wigs was simply the done thing in the upper echelons of western society. Nobody is about to get arrested for not doing so, but it may cause a bit of a scandal.
Turhan made a point on that last mission to forsake personal vanity, but the fact they had a wig there ready for him said this wasn't typical of him and speaks to his contemplative state of mind in his last days.
Cartagia made a point of having his cut short for the sheer decadence of it. It also permitted him to go to parts of the city unmarked by the commoners. At least that was his oh so sheltered view of it. Personally I think his retinue of armed palace guards would have given him away.
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