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==History== | ==History== | ||
Tribbles, in their natural environment, evolved to be a very slow-breeding species. However after Human DNA was artificially spliced into them by unethical researchers in the mid-23rd century, the species became infamous for their now-astoundingly fast reproduction rate. | |||
Federation scientists have long been speculated about the role the species could play in several artificial ecosystems, including as a food source or for medical or therapeutic purposes as their coos are soothing to a number of humanoid species. | |||
The Klingon Empire has long considered the species an environmental pest fit only for extermination, and over the years have implemented scheme after scheme in order to rid the galaxy of the fast-reproducing tribble, to the extent that tribbles typically display an instinctual fear response when in the presence of a Klingon (or exposed to Klingon pheromones, see below). | |||
In the 2260’s it was discovered that genetically engineering tribbles to be sterile was a safe, reliable process of eliminating their ecology-destroying reproduction rates, leading to some to declare them as “great pets”. However, even minor errors in the genetic sequencing in this process can lead to the afflicted tribbles clumping together into “tribble colonies”. Fortunately, treatment is easy (a “simple shot” of neoethylene), at which point the tribbles revert to their individual units and become “safe”. | |||
Research into tribbles and their therapeutic properties continues, although some restaurants also offer them as a meal ingredient, which does not sit well with some. | |||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||