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this may seem like a stupid question........i am wondering if porthos is a boy or girl....i have been studying beagles alot lately because i am going to get one in the very near future.....although his name is porthos on enterprise, it kind of looks like a girl to me, just because of the color shapes. knowing me, im, probably wrong. does anyone know the definite answer?
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Following in the footsteps of other notable screen animals (Lassie, Babe), Porthos is genderbent. The "character" is male, the "actors" (there're two, apparently, in accordance with the Olsen school of job-sharing) are female.
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I'd have to agree with The_Tom barring any onscreen....err...sitings to the contrary. They usually use female animals even when the "character" is supposed to be male. It may sort of kill whatever import the scene is supposed to have to see the dog's dangling unmentionable flopping to and fro.
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I can't tell the difference. When males are nutured (spl?), they look just like females who are also nutured(spl?).
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Actually, if you know animals you notice the difference in facial bone structure, body language and physical proportions. Not at all unlike humans, except we, as humans, dont really notice as much, since telling each other's sex among other humans runs more as an instinctual process for us.
I think that, besides the fear of visible genitalia on screen, female animals are chosen because they are easier of temper when trained and more cooperative that most male animals, who run high in the instinct department, even when neutered.
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"When males are nutured (spl?), they look just like females who are also nutured(spl?)."
Not that you could tell the difference on a female, anyway, unless there's a scar.
But the male still looks different from the female. It has something to do w/ that penis hanging down between its legs...
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well, i didnt feel like explaining it to him either
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"Actually, if you know animals you notice the difference in facial bone structure"
You mean if you know a particular BREED and/or SPECIES of animal well... I knew my dog, but we only had the one - so I really couldn't go around comparing and contrasting. Plus some breeds and/or species don't have very great distinctions between gender.
And about everything above, I'm NOT talking genitalia *sigh* ;o)
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Do you know the difference between a male fruit fly and a female fruit fly?
No
Well good thing you are not a fruit fly.
Seeing that the name Porthos is male i would assume the character is male. I am sure if you watched the closing credits there is some reference to the animal handlers and they probably have a site where you can look up whether the "actor" is amle or female.
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Ummm... that last time I checked when my male dogs got nutured, they have their penises cut off, along with their balls. Females have their entire system removed.
That's why I can't tell the difference.
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because most of the neutering i have read about involves the removal of the testicles (balls, in your terminology) and tying off the spermatic cord (undoubtedly referred to as the 'ball-hanging-thingy' by non-vets). The procedure is sometimes called 'altering' or 'castration.' i'm unclear if this is a variant procedure, but even the sites i read where it was referred to as castration still stated that only the testes were removed, leaving the penis untouched. indeed, any disruption of the urethra is to be avoided, its a major complication to accidentally affect the urethra, which should be untouched during the procedure for fear of damaging it and causing infections. of course, the animal's penis will be much less noticable, not really becoming erect as often and no longer spewing forth oderific territory markings on demand. and the testes aren't 'cut off' so extremely.. they are simply removed from the scrotum, which for simplicity's sake is left on the animal. some well to do dogs even receive prosthetic testicles to maintain their appearance
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well i found a Porthos web site and it seems to have alot of what you want to know...the funny thing is though is that all i had to do was google and type enterprise porthos and there was this site...didn't you try looking for it first?
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