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Another subject Initially, Klingons mature at a far greater rate than Humans; with examples of Klingon geneticsadolescents reaching adulthood, both physically and emotionally, which has at eight or nine Terran years old. A metabolic change appears to occur not received much attentionlong after puberty, is in which the subject of maturation metabolism and aging. Using Worf's son, Alexander, and Kor, Kang, and Koloth as examples - Klingons appear ageing slow to have an interesting aging processperhaps one quarter of that of a Human until a second metabolic change in later life (around 90 Terran years) brings about the onset of old age.

Alexander was conceived in The Next Generation episode “The Emissary”, calendar date 04/08/2365, and born on the 43rd day of Maktag, calendar date 07/28/2365. Based on these dates, Klingons have a gestation period of approximately 110 days, just under 4 months. Worf first met Alexander when he came Despite several attempts to ascertain the Enterprise with his mother in the episode “Reunion”, calendar date 08/11/2366. A little over a year after his birth, the with K`Ehleyr appears to be approximately 3-4 Earth standard years old. Alexander appeared in later episodes reason or purpose of The Next Generation, again appearing older than the timeline would account for. We are reintroduced to Alexander in the Deep Space Nine episode “Sons and Daughters”, calendar date 6/27/2373. Even though this is only eight years after his birth, Alexander is considered old enough to be a member of the Klingon Defense Forces and appears to be in his late teens/early twenties. Looking at the changes in Alexander from his conception on 04/08/65 to his appearance in Deep Space Nine on 06/27/73 it would appear Klingons mature at a rate 2 to 2.5 times faster than [[Human]]s. This faster unusual maturation rate leaves us with another problem though. In the Deep Space Nine episode “Blood Oath”, calendar date 01/15/2370, we are re-introduced to the Klingons from the Original Series: Kor, Kang and Koloth. Kor appeared in the Original series episode “Errand of Mercy”ageing cycle, calendar date 07/25/2265; Kang appeared in “Day of the Dove”, calendar date 04/08/2266; Koloth appeared in “The Trouble With Tribbles”, calendar date 11/20/2266. These episodes occurred 104 years before “Blood Oath”. If Klingons indeed mature at a rate of 2 to 2.5 times faster than Terrans then Kor, Koloth and Kang would Federation scientists have been the equivalent of a [[Human]] well over 200 years oldunable to come to any agreement. Since Klingons apparently have a fairly long life span, we must factor this in as well. Based The Klingon Empire remains silent on the fast maturation process of adolescent Klingons and the long life expectancy of adults, those who do not die in battle, it appears, go through several metabolic changes during their lives. So, while Klingons do mature faster than [[Human]]s at some point they start to age at a rate slower than the average [[Human]]matter.