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And knowing that the chances of giving birth to another female
is very slim. So if Sam dies, the end of the mudokons would come soon unless the vykkers can clone mudokons.
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Not really, in insect colonies, when the queen feels her death is near, she lays one egg containing the next queen. In fact, many of the aspects of Sam resemble that of a termite queen: her appearance, her reproductive system, even her desire to kill herself (yes, the termite queen tries all of her life to claw away from her own body to try and escape from the unbearable pain of constant birth giving, no joke). Interesting speculation as to what inspired the character of Sam.