Talk:Rat Mother/@comment-27997791-20170414175932

I wonder, is this the "natural form" of the female skaven? We know they are drugged to be docile, but is their physiology also the result of them being tampered with to be better baby-makers? I ask becasue in the 4chan article on skaven, it seems implied that they are "turned into" the kind of creatures described here.

There also seem to be some sources sources suggesting that there are female skaven that are more physically comparable to the male skaven, such as the old Blood Bowl skaven cheerleader models. Whether or not those can be considered any part of current cannon, it could still be true that female skaven could exist in a less monsterous form, and that the common breeder form is the result of some sort of stadnard practice sorcery, surgery or drug to make all female skaven more fertile.

Anyone got more thoughs on this?

Also, do we have any clue whatsoever on why the skaven sex birth ratio is so sqewed?