What did Worf de-evolve into?

[indolover]

De-evolved Worf looked like some kind of lobster-creature , but aren't Klingons mammalian?

Or it is that many millions of years ago, the distant ancestors of Klingons were that de-evolved species, and over time, they evolved hair, teeth, developed an endoskeleton, etc?

 

[Anwar]

Seeing Proto-Worf made me wonder what the natural predators of the ancient Klingons must have been like, for them to have to be like THAT to survive.

 

[T'Girl]

Barclay devolved to a spider, so the devolved Worf would not necessarily represent what Worf's ancestors actual were like.

 

[Finn]

^That's because Miles' spider hit him

 

[The Laughing Vulcan]

He devolved into a potential lawsuit with 20th Century Fox...

Well he looked like a cross between Alien and Predator to me, the mandibles and the acid spit...

 

[SilentP]

You've seen the Nausicaans, right? They're a more blatant Predator rip off if you ask me

 

[The Wormhole]

A Hur'q perhaps?

 

[Anwar]

I figured that the Skeletor-esque creatures Worf fights in his holodeck exercises were supposed to be Hurq.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

A Hur'q perhaps?

Right, Worf is the illegitimate great-great-great-great-great grandson of the unholy union of a Hur'q & a Klingon chambermaid

But, better a lobster "like" creature than this:

 

[Shatnertage]

What did Worf de-evolve into?

Something that I'd be very, very polite to.

 

[T'Girl]

It's something that Klingon don't talk about with outsiders.

 

[FormerLurker]

Klingons aren't necessarily mammalian, anyway. the forehead ridges are mirrored on their extremities (at least on their feet) and greatly resemble scales. Klingons therefore could be at least partly reptilian in their makeup, and what Worf devolved into may have been some kind of proto-Neanderthal type Klingon ancestor. Or it could have been the Klingon equivalent of the spider that Barclay devolved into.

 

[SilentP]

To be honest, whatever it was that Worf devolved into, there might not be an Earth equivalent to the species classification that it is (i.e. mammalian, reptilian etc.) so maybe trying to shoehorn it won't work...

 

[THE Imzadi Fan]

To say Worf de-evolved would imply that Worf is evolved to begin with. Sorry, that's my attempt at humor for other people like me who are not Worf fans. I thought it was a little comical. I too thought Klingons were mammilian.

 

[RoJoHen]

One look at Lursa and Betor pretty much proves that Klingons are mammals.

 

[SilentP]

^ Touche

 

[Anwar]

Eh, maybe not. I've read comics where there are female aliens that are said to be descended from insects and they still had boobs...

 

[RoJoHen]

Do Klingons lay eggs? No, the babies grow in the mother's womb. They also have a lot of hair.

Ergo, mammals.

 

[Shatnertage]

"If Klingon food is too strong for you, perhaps we can get one of the females to breast-feed you."
--Klag from "A Matter of Honor," courtesy of Memory Alpha

Definitely mammals.

 

[Myasishchev]

Barclay devolved to a spider, so the devolved Worf would not necessarily represent what Worf's ancestors actual were like.

That's what I was gonna say.

Do Klingons lay eggs? No, the babies grow in the mother's womb. They also have a lot of hair.

Ergo, mammals.

Generally agree, although mapping terrestrial taxonomic families onto an alien biosphere is like naming a continent on an alien planet "North America."