2006-09-26 10:52:15 · 3 answers · asked by Kalidas 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
So let me get this straight, when the larvae mature after say 150 years or so they leave their host when they find another more suitable one, their previous host dies, and then the new host becomes a ghou'ld?
2006-09-28 11:12:58 · update #1
Jaffa are the incubator for the goa'uld and just carry the larva until it matures. The goa'uld prefer a perfect host like in the episode with Sha'nak the goa'uld keeps trying to leave her as it has matured. But in the episode 1969 (I may have the episode wrong but Teal'c does say this) Teal'c says that if they remain there, when his symbiote matures it will take him over. They've never said how long it takes for a sybiote to mature but Jaffa can live to like 130.
2006-09-27 19:59:38 · answer #1 · answered by sg1alias 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Jaffa only carry the larvae to maturity. There was ceremony for the first one received called Prim'tah.
The symbiote doesn't take over the body of the Jaffa. After it leaves with maturity, a new one would be implanted. That is why the Jaffa live so long.
With the Pangarans' tretonin, the Jaffa now have the option to not take a larvae and use this medicine to replace the effects.
2006-09-27 02:46:34 · answer #2 · answered by wolfstar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In that series, after a couple hundred years the larvae mature, leave their hosts, and the Jaffa die. Still, probably a good trade-off for several hundred years of vigorous health.
2006-09-26 10:56:32 · answer #3 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋