Concerning the queen debate, my theory is: the "bigger, more sentient, kind of" species share a common reproductive system, because they share a common ancestor, just like in our World, where all the vertebrates are close related and have a male-famale reproduction, 99% of the cases.
So, the fact that Oddworld creatures is ruled by queens makes perfect sense for me. If only three or four species had queens, that would be "unnatural".
Probably, the hermaphrodite type of reproduction is an enhancement made by the Vikkers, naturally, or on porpouse, thats the way nature works, creating new solutions to solve the same problem...
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