Maybe Sam is too depressed to lay a queen egg? Or perhaps Mudokons are like bees, in that the larva needs to be given a special diet in order to become a queen, otherwise its just another worker. If that is the case, then as long as a young mudokon cannot be given that 'secret ingredient' there won't be another mudokon queen. But now that Abe has those labor eggs, perhaps all is not lost? (assuming that the natives know what that substance is, if any)
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